@Taffie Mhlanga I suspect so.

I strongly suspect that you can't legally inspect a home where you would also be earning a commission on the sale. 

I would suspect the buyers attorney can handle both ends.. these attornies usually work for a set closing fee.like out west we rarely if ever use an attorney for a vanilla property sale.. we use a title and escrow company and a Senior escrow officer handles both buyer and seller..  

If you have a leak 'some-where' I would assume your black/cast pipe integrity is suspect & should be completely replaced. 

You must rely only on the North Carolina Statutes and court cases for your final decisions, but I suspect you'll find these Wiki pages of help in getting started. https://m.wikihow.com/Acquire-Abandoned-Property#A...   

You may wish to post again using Raleigh and other specific city names, as I suspect that most are not using the county name when monitoring for keywords.J.T.

Knocking on doors of apartments you might suspect are owned by mom and pop5.

I suspect he still want what he paid for regardless of the condition.

What I suspect was an astute listing agent, saw a buyer with no buyers agent and thought, this guys going to pay more than the other offers, my seller is going to make more, and Im going to make more. 

I suspect once you make an offer the seller will raise the asking price.