I recently read Craig Curelop's "The House Hacking Strategy" and this really cemented the idea that my first interaction with real estate should be through a house hacking strategy.

It’s guaranteed to have foundation/structural issues due to the type of cement they used at that time.

Our big issue now is that the city is saying they potentially want us to:1) Rip out the entire garage door so they can see the framing (since he removed the load-bearing wall and they want to see that it's done properly), 2) Rip out the 9' shower so they can see the "shower pan" and verify that the piping he altered in the cement is okay3) Rip up drywall all throughout the house to verify that the plumbing and wiring he's already gotten done are up to code4) Rip down the fence and rebuild it from scratch with cedar instead of pine5) Rip up the laundry room so they can follow the piping from one side to the other as it goes to the sink6) Remove a lot of the ceiling to verify wiring since so many new lights have been added and existing ones were moved due to completely renovating the kitchenIt's honestly the permitting that's going to cost the largest amount since almost everything he did needs to be shown to them.

Cement back patio.

Cement back patio.

We plan on splitting the utilities, putting in an egress window and leveling the floor in the basement, make the basement bath functional, upgrading the main floor bath, replacing or refinishing flooring, painting throughout, removing some overgrown trees, doing touch up paint outside, and patch repairing some cement work. 

Look into cement countertops.

., inspect the mortar joints and bricks, if any deficiencies (holes) arefound we will patch the hole with hydraulic cement.

Rodent droppings, mold behind the insulation, cement poured down toilet plumbing.

I've seen something similar used back in Australia to secure drywall to cement block walls.