If yours is higher, which I doubt, then sue the crap out of him...If not you will need to make the appropriate changes to your existing lot.Temporarily, you can put a catch basin at the rear of the property to catch the water and then istall underground gutters that tie in from your roof and drain then drain to the street.The other concern is the county that approved such a drainage plan...sounds like the county engineer was drunk when he approved it.

Also, I really don't know what to tell you as you have not really pointed out a concern, except a general one.

This has me concerned.

I would think that with your primary, you would be more concerned with building equity quickly, but then again, that may just be my personal preference.

.- I've never had a buyer even ask about past mold problems in one of my houses (the fact that everything is new probably takes away most of their concerns), but if a buyer did have an issue with a past mold problem, I'd have no problem paying for a mold test during their due diligence period.

Make sure to read the Beginner’s Guide: http://www.biggerpockets.com/real-estate-investing

There seems to be a wealth of information online, but not a lot of info for true beginners.

Slowly looking for another, so I'm definitely a beginner.

I want to know what people(both experienced and beginner investors) see as the biggest obstacle or problem faced by people starting out as creative RE investors.

i'm really just looking for a beginners experience... and a place to live while I work on getting my CPA license over the next year.