People don't understand thats what a lot of moldings were for, reconciling wavy and inaccurate surfaces.

The deal looked interesting from the surface, but has gotten better the further into it I have gone.

Tax liens are not as easy as they seem on the surface. 

Most of the time you can just kill it with bleach(non-porous surfaces) or throw it away (porous material like drywall).

I guess I'm just now beginning to scratch the surface.

Every surface and everywhere.

The 1% rule is just a spitball way to look at a deal on the surface very quickly.

There's a mentality problem here that may seem minor on the surface but this is a big red flag in my opinion. 

My concern is that the report that the government did was over-the-top; all of the lead-painted surfaces in the house have been covered with latex paint and are not chipping, but the report still makes an issue of them.

Paint every surface that can't be cleaned enough to look acceptable and ensure all the mechanicals are working properly.