I don't have a picture of it but the toilet was cracked and leaking at the base and had a huge turd floating in it.

I'm going to try another place where the seller seems more motivated, and maybe come back to this one if that doesn't pan out.It was very tempting because it is in such darn good shape with well done additions, and so many in my area are not.

Like panning for gold, you have to get rid of the garbage before you get to the nuggets.  

We do a good bit when we renovate our units: We have an HVAC guy, we hire drywall finishers and we hire plumbers for "in the wall" stuff (we install toilets, faucets, garbage disposals do under sink repairs.

I've approached that with friends and family (never really panned out in the property sense and stuff) but I agreed on a portion in based off how much money they put in.

Also he continuously complained about things like the toilet roll holder broke, and left a hole on the wall.

I intend to pay this forward by chronicling how this pans out as I get things rolling. 

Still waiting to get all the details and see if this will pan out. 

Not a huge deal in a roughed-in house, but could have been much more damaging.In retrospect, it was rather amusing watching the water fountain-out the toilet drain... again, in retrospect.

We could (and did) collect for damages though, and were able to recoup that way ("damaged" drip pans that needed replacement instead of cleaning, "Grout repair" instead of mopping, or cleaning grout, etc).