@Claudia Bonaudo@David Faulkner@Marcelo RicarteKathy, not ignoring you but you probably know this.Those getting into real estate are suffering from LLC mania, symptoms include avoiding liability, hiding your identity, protecting your assets and thinking you'll have tax deductions.

Kilz original for sealing stink and tannin/stain hiding.

I don't go out of my way to get permits, but I do know that WITH permits, I can advertise that the repairs and improvements I did, WERE documented, and within local building codes.As far as what some say about city inspectors, my experience with building inspectors is that an open dialogue with no attempts to hide shoddy work, leads to easier inspections for the future.

Any serious applicants with nothing to hide would glad to provide those information to you. 

He says it looks like the mold has always been there and it was just painted over before he moved in to hide it.