It's better to uncover the likely BS on the front end than waste a bunch of time getting it under contract.From there, you can usually build a P&L using industry averages and obtaining old bills from the utility providers.  

Married wife/owner has satisfied multiple trusts and now has a 2008 1st Trust being foreclosed upon tomorrow.Due diligence has uncovered a $14,000  Hospital Judgement docketed on 2006 (so having priority over the current, foreclosing, 1st trust)BUT...

@Ryan Blake is not wrong, if you get sued, the attorneys and courts will work to uncover the chain of ownership.

All it takes is 5 minutes of research to uncover by any realtor with MLS access. 

The more information that you can uncover, the better off you will find yourself.

I haven't seen it but will try to go by on my next trip (maybe this weekend) and/or get pictures and confirm manufacturers/etc...On our ranch we have a large uncovered concrete cylinder that we pump into for the animals.

We also listed it for a bit more than $90k at $99k since it looked so nice, and we wanted room to negotiate a price to $90k.

So nice to meet other investors in this area.

It's C/C- property in a not-so-nice area of Detroit.

I am definitely open to any options that I uncover along the way.