I also hired a professional inspector.

Hi @Sara Taslitt - As others have said, you'll want to hire a reputable inspector to perform a thorough inspection of the older home. 

@Drew Byrd Hire someone to look them up.

Before you know it, you'll be testing the paint for lead, the water for arsenic, the air for mold spores, pulling up the subfloor to determine the radon seepage, raking the yard looking for poisonous snakes and camped out with a flashlight and a machete in the yard in the dead of night warding off the threat of a zombie apocalypse while they chat up your other tenants into a class action suit to address your "negligence."

Nobody cares that I'm a woman, I'm hiring them to do a job, and they do it.

Either by the LL or people they've hired to do it. 

Hello BP,I recently hired a roofer to put a new roof on my personal residence and one of my rentals.

If you hired a licensed and insured GC then you could take it up with them.

Or as @Chris Grenzig mentioned, you could gamble by hiring someone off Craigslist. 

Unless you are supremely confident in understanding the requirements of the foreclosure process, hire a lawyer.