. - also try pouring hot water and bleach down any floor drains in the basement.

Hard not to get emotionally attached but you can’t or you’ll pay too much or you’ll end up buying properties that drain your cash flow.

In Eastern Europe there were bathrooms in homes where the entire floor (plus most of the walls) was tiled like the shower, leading to a drain in the middle of the bathroom, meaning a shower curtain is a matter of preference (some people like to keep the steam in, or might have bathroom electronics out on the sink, but it's not considered "necessary" as it is in our "standard" bathrooms), so this isn't even necessarily limited to folks from the "3rd world."

Once the market turns, your cap appreciation will vanish and you will be holding an asset that is draining you (an alligator).  

So, what if I had sold the house and the drain was slow and he required me to fix that problem and I agreed to clean it up and then snaked it before closing - would that absolve me from liability of the actual problem, which now required the old drain pipe to be replaced?

Six other small things like working smoke detectors, and replace windows here and there2) 2009, $0.00Code 169017 - Repair or replace house drain to receive and convey discharges from plumbing fixtures to sewer.3) 2013, $0.00Code 169017 - Repair or replace house drain to receive and convey discharges from plumbing fixtures to sewer.

Curb and gutter , water and sewer , electric , paving , possible sewage pump station , fire hydrants , street lighting , sidewalks , storm drains and storm water management pits .

Email from my plumber:We dug up the septic tank and ran the machine in the drain clean out that was installed. 

@Delmas Edwards You can get a plumber to run a snake up the drain that has rotating cutting blades that will cut out the roots.

Leaky drain pipe, bad HVAC thermocouple, bad thermostat etc that take less than 30 minutes to fix.