Example, the crawl space could probably be secured with a few dollars of chicken wire or a new latch and about 10-30 min worth of time, but could help you avoid a raccoon or possum setting up a nest or dying in there and stinking up the place(also costing much more to remedy than the latch) OR you may notice a plumbing leak when you secure the crawl space, that may have gone unnoticed for many more months eventually doing some real damage. 

(a) The Legislature declares that the purpose of this article is to provide counties with an alternative remedy for collecting delinquent property taxes by the sale of a tax lien."

And cut specifically cautions that any means of self remedy will result in MY prosecution, self remedy including changing the locks..

@Joseph La Monte I think you could possibly remedy this situation.

, the flip side of this is that when my wife and I moved out of our first apartment the management company kept our entire security deposit because we forgot to clean out the oven (which we only realized on the move out walkthrough, so no chance to remedy) and on our second place the same thing again, this time because there was cleaner residue on the bathroom mirror, which was not brought to our attention during the walkthrough ("the place looked great!")

Keep in mind that I own a MOLD REMEDIATION COMPANY.

If they cannot or will not, there is a remedy.  

What would end buyers feel about a house that is on a remediated sinkhole?

NOTICE: If Landlord fails to repair a condition that materially affects the physical health or safety of an ordinary tenant as required by this lease or the Property Code, Tenant may be entitled to exercise remedies under §92.056 and §92.0561 of the Property Code.span>If Tenant follows the procedures under those sections, the following remedies may be available to Tenant: (1) terminate the lease and obtain an appropriate refund under §92.056(f); (2) have the condition repaired or remedied according to §92.0561; (3) deduct from the rent the cost of the repair or remedy according to §92.0561; and (4) obtain judicial remedies according to §92.0563.

I don’t want to overstep any boundaries, but it seems the current seller isn’t taking any action to remedy the situation.All thoughts and input are much appreciated!