Get your feet wet, make mistakes, and learn as you go. 

I can't know this for certain, of course.Not sure if this is worth pursuing with a lawyer or chalking this up to a lesson learned (be very careful buying properties in a wet area with finished basements, ensure it is suitably water-proofed).

But going back to the "wet patch", for a leak to actually hurt financially, you are looking at 10s of thousands of gallons.

Get your feet wet before you jump into that.

@Nicholas McDonald I would recommend starting with something smaller to get your feet wet and start learning.

And a “meth lab” can just mean they were making some there on their cough medicine own—still probably counts though.If they were babes-In the-tenant-woods and asking this it seem kind of reasonable to ask “MAY” be chemical burns?

I'm just starting to get my feet wet with real estate investing.

Plenty of free options out there to learn the business and get your feet wet and start taking action. 

Buy my first property to get my feet wet and go from there.

Get you feet your wet and just have a learning mindset on your first one.