In the reverse if a RE brokerage is constantly having title issues on houses, playing games with disclosures, offers houses that are under contract.... or not even for sale, they consistently fail to close.

I have a property i am looking at and in the disclosures, the seller has stated there is surface microbial growth in crawl space area.

https://www.epa.gov/lead I would also include asbestos to the disclosure as a "c-y-a". 

There will be lenders instructions, disclosures, a title prelim review, personal guarantee (if you’re wise), 1003, occupancy affidavit, use of funds statement, and lots more.

Also is there any reason why they would backdate the disclosure forms?

All of the sales have been with full disclosure.

I'd like to add: 1) make sure you spend time learning about the requirements for different types of loans, new products available, develop great lender contacts.  2)Know your disclosures, contracts and forms thoroughly and read through all updates as soon as they are released. 

@Mariah Porter I've lived through some pretty serious basement flooding issues on one of my own rentals, so I definitely feel your pain--it's not a fun situation.My natural reaction was also to wonder about the seller's disclosures, and whether I could bring a lawsuit against the sellers, but I pretty quickly realized this wasn't feasible or advisable (in my situation, it would have been almost impossible to prove the sellers were negligent or withholding a disclosure, and the legal fees would have been steep). ...but, I'm not a lawyer, so it may be worth asking a lawyer anyway...I think your first priority here is to figure out what's causing the flooding, and fix that issue as soon as possible.Most houses have a drain at the lowest part of the slab that's intended to collect water in event of a flood (for instance, if a broken pipe caused a flood)--I assume that that's what this pipe is? 

Practically speaking you (Buyer) get a copy of the report and should be able to generally rely on it, since it should be an "objective" assessment of the property's value, but again, in this case, the Appraiser may not even be licensed.But, I'd imagine all the parties still have a responsibility of disclosure, including whether they knowingly sold you the condo for more than it's worth.

They'll be sent to you as part of the Seller Disclosures.