LiveBaltimore seems to indicate that the ground rent holder owns the land:https://livebaltimore.com/city-living-essentials/g...However this law firm in Maryland has written a conflicting article:https://pricekeir.com/what-the-heck-is-ground-rent...The people's law library which @Matthew Paul linked to says: "ground leaseholder who holds a reversionary interest in the property or 'ground' underneath a home."

The Vendor was unwilling to undertake the work to have the tanks removed and {possibly} the soil remediated - nor would he entertain a reduction in price or an escrow of a portion of the purchase price in exchange for us tackling the issue - and the deal came unravelled.Now being obliged to disclose the results of the Phase I to other potential suiters, the Vendor ended up removing the tanks some months later.Most jurisdictions in Canada will require an abandoned UST to be removed ... even it not abandoned, if the tank is older and steel, it may have to come out.

On flat roofs you have to look at poles, HVAC etc. attached to the roof.When contractors do not install properly they can leak from the bolts put in the roof, bad flashing,etc.Flat roof you usually get core samples to see the quality underneath the most recent layer put on.

After second failure, tenants worried about mold because of vinyl floors holding moisture underneath. 

I would have to investigate the area to make sure it is zoned for what you want to build, make sure that there are no problems with soil and researching the geographic area to give you statistics on what you can expect to profit on your project.

The bathroom looked very "late '40s-early '50s" and there looked to be 3 coats of paint on the (I'm sure nice underneath) moulding.

MOST people will take advantage of my generosity and buy a house from right underneath me.

My property is in the Dallas Metroplex and everyone knows how the soil and foundations are a problem to begin with.If a tenant is responsible for keeping the lawn watered and the irrigation clock was turned off every time I checked it.

There was no effort to clean underneath the fridge--the coils.

The Patriot Act, the FISA Reform Act, the suspension of habeas corpus, the open use of torture in our offshore penal colonies, the stationing of a combat brigade on American soil, the seas of surveillance cameras, the brutal assaults against activists in Denver and St.