Most REO sellers will not turn on or allow water to be turned on, or allow repairs for appraisals or before closing, most secondary market loans require all utilities to be on at time of appraisal, minimum 5 years or more roof life left, no holes in walls or flooring larger than a quarter,  or significantly soiled flooring, walls, ect. 

Go with Park City and find an amazing deal and you can have a healthy dose of both.

same goes for anything else that takes hard work to produce results, like the gym and eating healthy.

Caveat- I have not specifically looked into this and this is not intended to be relied upon as legal advice.The best person to ask would be the county prosecutor in charge of environmental issues, or someone at the county board of health.  I

@Kendrick Smith make sure to have a healthy reserve just in case.... as others have said, stabilize the property and take it slow.

If the grade of the soil in any part of the building is toward the house you will have the same issue.

I recently had to remove a pair of "soiled" adult underwear (I'll spare the details) from the exterior my property.

I too thought about whether he's hiding something but I spoke to the current property manager and he says it's always been a MF property so the chance of underground tanks or soil contamination is quite low, isn't it? 

Even here in Omaha, making a healthy six-figure salary, it would take quite a while to save up $100,000 to buy a single family home.

Small, long term gains are healthy gains