I mean are we talking a light plugged into a normal outlet or we talking a garage w/ stolen power and stripped extension cords that dims the neighborhood? 

I intended to purchase the property as a fix and flip, per my normal business.

I am not sure if that is normal, these guys are in the SF Bay Area, but they put in the labor to do their renovations on those periods of days that they are off and they seem to love the time fit between the two.

If the toilet clogged through normal use, such as just from too much toilet paper, then I wouldn't hold the tenant responsible for the clog itself.

In order to get homeowners insurance, the roof, plumbing, electrical, and HVAC usually need to be functioning normally and have reasonable service life remaining.Will the property appraise for the purchase price to the end buyer?

As for the leak you have the right to repair your home so you can simply say the plumber will be here at 2pm tomorrow and you can let the plumber in. normally  the tenet has the right to live in peace meaning that you can't just come over whenever you want but that right is waved when you need to repair your property.

So as you can see this is not exactly mom and pop type of hey I want to buy a rental house guy wont sell... its was a fight and we were out 45k in cash so we kind of had no choice.. if it was a normal deal with EM that was modest and sitting in title.. well we just would have cancelled got that back and moved on .. no way we would have done all this. and I don't believe in OUR state the judges may rule with the homeowner before the big bad investor developer. 

alternatively, is there a place where a landlord can query a database for such "bad tenants" again not talking about normal credit check or background check.thanks!!

The reason he mentioned a washing machine hose is because you need two female fittings, whereas a normal water hose has a female and male. 

I went home the same evening and wrote a cash offer, with normal inspections.