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. 

The carpet all needs replaced, and in one of the rooms it had been pulled back, revealing old crumbling tile (probably 6x6).

Unless you have numbers you are not revealing this is not a good investment.

This could pretty basic, and if the problem reveals itself to be more complex, then they can call the electrician.