The mumbling tenant's unit has water damage revealed by the bubble in the sheet rock in the ceiling.  

Our houses that we work on are not restoration projects, but more of a bringing the original flavor back to life with some updated points.For an example, last year we worked on an amazing home with a smaller footprint (720 sq ft) but had three stories.The Craftsmanship of the word work was outstanding; just a little rough at places and 90% of it was painted.If this was our own home, we might have stripped the paint, revealed the oak, and refinished all the woodwork, making it drop dead gorgeous (We love natural wood).

A title check during the escrow period should reveal any liens.  

Bernstein’s office teamed up with the Getty to survey almost 900,000 addresses, The effort revealed 50,000 pieces of astounding architecture and many hidden histories.

If after expiration of ten (10) Business Days after Date of Acceptance written agreement has not been reached by the Parties with respect to resolution of all inspection issues, either Party may terminate this Contract by serving Notice to the other Party, whereupon this Contract shall be immediately deemed terminated. c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth above in this paragraph, in the event the inspection reveals that the condition of the Real Estate is unacceptable to Buyer and Buyer serves Notice to Seller within five (5) Business Days after Date of Acceptance, this Contract shall be null and void.

They reveal this because the winner has to pay total 2.2% in fees....so if they want $200k and bidders are only willing to go to $150k, then the property may “sell” for the opening $100 bid, instead of the bank having to bid up to $150,100, and pay fees based on that. 

A water pressure test was performed and did not reveal a leak.

As many posters have told you, again and again, your questions reveal just how much you do not know.Look, I'm not trying to bust your peanuts just for the sake of it.

Being in graduate school, I've come to appreciate some of these inventories for revealing more about a person's decision making processes, respect for authority, etc.

Update: Just the little bit of pushback revealed two things: The cost to close included an escrow to cover taxes.