Here in NJ, unless you're buying As Is, the seller or buyer has to be able to obtain a permanent (not a temporary) CO for the property as a condition for selling or buying the property.So if you're NOT purchasing as is AND the municipality is requiring that you get rid of the illegal living unit in order to issue the CO, then the seller must do what is needed.

The OSB could have been used as a temporary "fix" for rotten plywood to make the house safe to view.  2 things..

Spend a little money installing some temporary doors, windows,  take down the all the boards, cut the grass etc...Then, raise your selling price by $35-40K, sell your home,  and smile all the way to the bank.You're welcome!

Smart lock so I can let service providers in when appropriate by giving them a temporary access code.

It did cause my credit score to tank, but that’s only temporary!

It will look like a nice interior wall finish but be almost indestructible because it's concrete.The garage could be used to build 5 temporary storage lockers for all their extra gear, bicycles etc.

Risking their capital, even if on a temporary basis, is still better than nothing but does not represent the same risk that it does to you, the investor.In the crowdfunding business we have to get comfortable with Asymmetric Information.  

It is true that the demand of housing increased this year from sophomore being not required to live on campus, but I am not sure if that is temporary or not.

Amazon pays its warehouse employees 15% less on average than the prevailing wage of other warehouse workers in the same region, and it is experimenting widely with ways, such as temporary and on-demand employment, to erode job security," Mitchell says.

The truth is that the current predicament is part and parcel to THE SYSTEM of democracy:A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government.