We walked away from a new build last fall because we could already see issues and the sellers ended up getting us a pre-inspection report that said there were serious issues with drainage and foundation.

You need to set a deadline for them to correct the issue, then follow up with an inspection or other method to confirm compliance.

Hi BP, i’m curious if anyone has moved an electrical meter without upgrading service. i recently upgraded a meter and was forced to move it to a new location however now i can’t pass inspection because the service enters the building before the meter (only good route to get to new meter was indoors) i really want to avoid a new electrical drophas anyone found a way to enter the building before metering?

You can try to make it part of the inspection amendment, that's the last time you have some negotiation power.

When my places with section 8 tenants are inspected yearly the inspectors just want to be sure that the paint isn’t flaking and thereby causing a situation that a small child may ingest the paint chips.

If it helps, I've inserted a link to Cape Coral's permitting site below where you can check the status of work progress and inspections. 

After multiple quotes, some great advice here, and an engineer inspection, we decided to repair the foundation with an external pier system.

Each town is a little different, some require you to do a landlord registration and/or will want to do an inspection before you put a tenant in (calling the town would probably be the easiest, or they may have the info right online).

I got it into contract and then had a huge plumbing failure during the home inspection.

My Hard Money Lenders held the money in escrow and would not release the funds until the work was done, inspected, and they knew it was properly done.