I think it would benefit you to have an knowledgeable agent to help facilitate, negotiate, and walk you through the purchase / inspections and hold their feet to the fire if need be.

Get the deposit back and walk away as fast as you can.

Or maybe a homeowner filed a bankruptcy walked away.

Let's just say tackling those problems head-on was no walk in the park, but it was worth it in the end.

Let's just say tackling those problems head-on was no walk in the park, but it was worth it in the end.

I know there are plenty of wholesalers and meetups in Atlanta. :) I'd start going to those gatherings, chatting with people, asking if you can tag along when they're walking a property, and have them share their thought processes as they walk.

The California Secretary of State website can walk you through the process.   

As someone accustomed to the structured environment of military life, I'm looking for a quiet location where I can feel secure and at ease to walk my dogs around.

In my walkthrough set up meeting with the book keeping supervisor and my personal assigned book keeper, they walked me through QBO that they had already set up (they are very systematic in their set up and process and it's very easy to follow), they showed me how to use it (or another accountant if I wanted), they had everything from my property, bank accounts etc in and walked me through.

If you can't figure it out, you might consider walking if the contract allows you point out the unpermitted work and say, "no deal."