If the plumber they used went in there and just snaked it, that would have been all they had known.Unless you can find some sort of smoking gun proof that the former owners were told by a plumber that the drain pipe was put in wrong and needed to be fixed, I don't see any way they could be held liable.Unfortunately, its just called a piece of bad luck.

Its probably RT4 or RT2, which means a maximum of four units or two units per property respectively, but of course all sorts of other rules come into play too like setbacks, etc.Definitely be careful when buying this bulk purchase as far as taking on properties with code violations, which nearly any REO at least in the city will have because they inspect them all and meeting exterior code to the letter is essentially a like new house.

Again, this sort of depends on type of lender which it's not clear which is suitable.

Especially if you get any sort of snow, ice, or wind.

@Jon Klaus is correct...that's sort of redundant.  ;-)Richardson, particularly west of 75 is a great flip area. 

It is also in the portals long term interest to perform some sort of due diligence. 

I'm not one to get deterred easily but more often than not when you get that sort of response, ones natural reaction is to second guess.  

We would like to look int pre-foreclosure, foreclosure, REO's, that sort of thing.

When you're getting your hair cut and the stylist is telling you how she just made $60K flipping a home, you know it's time to get out.

I am tossing around questions in my mind about why foreclosures tend to be lumped together in certain areas of town. I guess these areas could be considered "hot spots" for foreclosure. Of course there are some simp...