You should be able to look at a basement foundation and tell whether there are cracks or bulges in it or termites in your walls and you should be able to climb in the attic and see if the roof has leaked in the past or is still leaking.

Even if that seller is your priest/minister/pastor, I will trust but verify (as Reagan would say).

Depending on the size and financial means of this Church it could be for guest speakers, youth pastor, or a new paid staff member with the Church providing housing as part of the compensation package agreement.

We also want to build a respite lodge for Pastors and their families.  

I am looking for a personal reference that is not related to them, typically a minister, pastor, someone like that that usually wouldn't lie about their character.  

Because you will now have the full knowledge of her issues as well, and are not guessing what is happening, and you may be able to offer a solution to stop the junk being thrown onto your yard.I would approach the conversation with her like this:- Knock on door- Person answers the door- "Hi, my name is Corey, I am your new neighbour and I just wanted to intriduce myslef and get to know my neighbours personally and hopefully start on a good note with everyone"- Conversation happens here- "Before I go, I just wanted to ask, there has been some items and garbage been thrown into my yard for the past couple of days, and I am not certain what is going on, and all I want to do is solve this issue peacefully, so I was wondering if you know of anyone doing this in the past or if it was for a particular reason?"

Every property I've purchased in the past or have helped others purchase has been listed with a realtor.In this case, this was a seller that was really looking to get out of the property. 

@Matthew Pastore,A good tenant is worth a lot IMO!   

I’m excited to be part of this forum where hopefully I can learn some serious power moves from your past or even present experiences.

So in order for those people to sell to consider a bigger home or to down size they either have to have some sort of life event happen to them, or enough time has to go buy for people to understand that 3% rates are a thing of the past, or rates drop so low that it is attractive to buy again and hence sell.