I ALWAYS recommend a buyer attend the inspection and walk around with the inspector.

Of course, you can hire a local inspector to confirm work is done before final payment, but that all requires some pretty decent process management.

Seller accepted my very low offer because the prior buyer walked away when the inspector informed him the septic was corroded.

They will likely also need to close any access points to satisfy city inspectors that the now capped chimney cannot be used to "vent" anything in the future.You will likely want a demo team that is much cheaper to do the actual demo and haul off, but you need either the mason or an engineer to stipulate how far down they can/should demo, while leaving enough room for the cap to be effective and maintain any structural rigidity into the future to not create more issues.Long story longer, I would call more licensed, insured contractors.  

Hi Raz, I can help with Indianapolis. 

Also, what are your thoughts on Indianapolis or Oklahoma City?

Im in the Indianapolis market and I have some land I would like to put up a structure on.Can someone point me in the right direction to start learning how best to tackle this first one and subsequent ones.I appreciate any help you can provide.

Also, looking for local recommendations for home inspectors.

My market (Indianapolis) is an excellent one for this strategy and there is a lot of demand here for furnished mid and short term rentals.

For starters, I partnered with a bad wholesaler/contractor on remodeling a duplex in Indianapolis.