Or the kind that tell you the sink is 'broke' to only find the drain throat clogged with their own hair.  

I would put in a french drain at the bottom of the slope and run it to the fence.  

They managed to cut all the drain lines and any empty pipe that was in the basement and some rebar and spare plumbing pipe that was down there but did not disable any of the systems. 

In some cases this is as cheap as reconnecting gutters to drains and/or digging a trench & filling it with rocks.  

I had to give up my own home to payback a private lender and then watch them throw the money down the drain by not knowing what they were doing in construction.

If the problem is that the property is the lowest spot in the entire neighborhood, so that it is at the bottom of a lake every time it rains, then that is very difficult to fix.I might be willing to do French drains if the price of the house was really low, but I walk away from something where the drainage problem is due to the location and not really fixable.There is a lot of property available for purchase.

Basically a shower head on the wall with a floor drain, poured concrete slab and foundation.

They run drain lines down.

But your property taxes should also be less on these homes.Rule #1 on a septic is feminine hygiene products should never go down the toilet.The age of the system is also a big factor to consider, old systems are not much more than a single drain tile, which can not handle a large family well, new systems are very dependable.

Woods basement suggested waterproofing, French drain and sump pump tie into our side French drain.