One of them the seller told us the roof was 5 years old and the inspector got up there and it was ancient and he recommended immediate replacement or at least being able to replace immediately, where because the roof was 5 years old I was going to reserve over 3 years of cash flow for a new one.

As ancient Wise philosopher named Kenny Rogers once said : you gotta know when to hold em and when to fold em , when to walk away , when to run ..It’s time to fold em .

Dressers, chairs, dining table set, coffee tables, nightstands, bedroom sets, elephant riding seat thingy, ancient looking stone sharpening wheel, large rugs, mostly European looking with a bit of Asian flair on some of the pieces.I'm fairly confident that most of the contents left in the home should be valuable.

Contract Law is ancient law that any lawyer should be able to speak about. 

Most of the stuff was ancient notes and data sheets and got discarded.

Water Heaters are all ancient, but still operational, heating systems are ancient, but all still operational, when I say ancient, I mean 20 years old.

That just seems like ancient history.

@Ben Julius:  Thanks so much - I'm definitely going to give it a try, it appears the city records are ancient history.  

. , I'm guessing you acted quickly and were able to find dehumidifiers, I was at work and by the time I got out it was such a mayhem and I still can't find humidifiers anywhere unless I travel way out of my area, luckily only one house didn't have a dehumidifier and a friend let me an ancient one but it works!

The layout is terrible, and the cabinets, though in good shape, are ancient.