Nope, you’d have to replace the required amount of soil with sand, or something that percs well. 

Our clay soils - not much one can do to avoid it.  

Welcome to BiggerPockets, Sandy!

What if the seller will not allow me to test the soil?

Some investors do flips to build the war chest then use some of that money to buy and hold for income that is not so flipping expensive.Do a web search for Sandy Botkin.

IE not figuring that the property tax's will be substantial and need to be quantified up front. and foundation issues that in many parts of Texas its not a if its a when... and a few relevels of your rental will wipe out a few years of cash flow.. so there are regional aspects that are not talked about in the sales pitch's I mean who is going to be selling a turn key in Texas and lead with hey your tax's are double compared to most other markets and OH by the way you really have to watch your foundations because of expansive soil issues and concrete slab houses LOL.. you learn that either the hard way after the fact or by getting a little more edumacated about a market.

If they insist on just side soil samples, then I wouldn't feel comfortable w/ just that.

Our last winter here in the northeast was extreme, with far more snow than we could have budgeted for, plus the damage in previous years from hurricanes Sandy and Irene.

Soil is clean.

@Sandy ReddyI do not think you will have an IRS lien after the sale, as long as they were served notice and the lien was recorded after the mortgage in default.