Your advice will be invaluable in helping me navigate these initial steps and lay a solid foundation for my future in real estate investing.Thank you so much for taking the time to read my post and for any guidance you can provide!

It is limited, but provides some information. 

And this is an area where all levels of government can be helpful in providing the right incentives and programs.

This is especially true if they cannot provide you photos of before you moved in and photos of the damage.

Moreover, it turns out our drain connects to the main sewer line six houses away, on another street, at the end of the block.The only solution provided by Citizens Energy is to reroute our connection to a lateral drain across the street.

Real estate agents are usually not also licensed contractors who can provide that information, so unless yours is, he should not be stating everything is in good working condition unless he can provide you with a professional report supporting that.

Hey Christopher,I provide EMD and Double closing funds for Wholesalers.

I would provide checkout instruction and checklist, offer a pre-move out inspection, and expect them out on the day that they indicated.  

(So there’s plenty left if you have to sell and pay off the loan while providing plenty of funds if the rehab goes over budget.Then you just figure out how much you want to make if anything.

Key was getting them to the table and providing us a list of todos.