@Tony Conway  Texas is not an attorney state.. title company gives you a preliminary title report you read it and any of the issues you bring up are revealed there..

Your writing style will soon reveal who you actually are if anyone cares,  especially if you don't share whatever you're smokin'.

Hi JD, I'll be pricing up new toilets today and fingers crossed we don't have to Roto Rooter the drain lines out to the septic system....... all will be revealed!

The cabinets were RTA cabinets and we were really impressed.As mentioned above; my dad and myself spent nearly 3 agonizing months every Saturday and Sunday ripping off one layer of aluminum siding, and then cedar lap siding to reveal the original sheathing of the home.

What you “reveal” to your agent has No bearing on the financing contingency terms Already written into your contract.

The responses within - even the strangely combative ones - reveal the various types of people on BP and will hopefully help you develop your own personal filter.

I do not know what the situation is in Indiana but I suspect the authorities do not smile on negligent landlords especially if negligence is revealed in an actual fire with damages, injury or even death.

You can also get a WDO inspection done for a couple hundred that will reveal those kind of issues.

If you have a tax deed, you should ensure it is recorded so that a title seach will reveal it.

I won't be in a position to purchase my first property until spring 2018 so fortunately this question is not time sensitive.I'm curious to hear if anyone routinely does this as part of inspection on purchasing your older buildings, especially if you have had a problem revealed by scoping that led to a seller contingency.