But it shouldn't cost you anything to walk the property and do a preliminary inspection of your own after the seller accepts your offer. 

Some are more forthcoming than others, but you can always reach out to a title company (sometimes at a fee) to get a preliminary title report for the most accurate picture of what's honestly going on with the property. 

Then take that info to a lender of your choice to establish the preliminary financing structure.

He is a licensed electrician which helps in these cases where we need electrical work done.Our plumber will be out to do the preliminary plumbing work tomorrow that will be needed to put a 2nd bathroom on the 2nd floor of the houseAlso starting on Wednesday, our main contractor will start his work at the property and will work on the 2nd bathroom, installing the new windows on the 2nd floor, and will generally be focusing on the rehab of the 2nd level.

They will give you a call to discuss and answer any preliminary questions which will be helpful so you don't waste either of your's time if it's not a match, if it looks like a potential match then they will email you the two items I referenced above.

I'm in the very preliminary stages of thinking about getting involved in tax lien auctions, and I was hoping someone might know if any jurisdictions publish the results of their auctions, or if there's anyone I could call up to ask for these results.  

Your title insurance company's title officer will examine your available documents and notify you in their preliminary report what exceptions to title are listed and what they require to eliminate each exception. 

Real Estate Markets in June 2015Summer is officially here, and just like the heat waves sweeping through much of the country, the real estate market shows no sign of cooling off any time soon, according to a preliminary analysis of June data for realtor.com®.Based on data for the first three weeks of June, the median list price increased to $233,000, up 7% year over year and 2% over May.

Your agent schedules the inspection for 4-7 days, but the initial walk-thru is to verify condition and keep you from paying $500 for an inspection if there is a fatal flaw with the property...all identified by an experienced agent with construction experience.You should be doing a de-brief after the walk-thru and building a preliminary scope of work to estimate your renovation or repair costs. 

If you have the chance to do a preliminary consultation with this person, you could ask them to give you an overview of the home buying process in that area, local issues, what the current market is doing, a skim over what the contract looks like, etc.