We could have fought for the whole thing and would have won, but the courts in NY are not owner-friendly so we really didn't want to go down that rabbit hole.

It makes NO sense to chase something trying to put a square peg in a round hole:)

While there were holes in the ceiling, we had cellulose blown in between the floors to soundproof.

It has paved roads, utility hookups and sewer in place and it sits off the 11th hole on a golf course. 

She also tells me he has punched 2 holes in the wall.

That would leave you in the hole.

Even assuming you have actually 30K in foundation issues (which I find hard to believe on a property of that worth, unless it's trashed in a sink hole).

For me, my least favorite thing is finding holes punched in walls, blood stains, busted up furniture, interior doors ripped off their hinges, door frames busted and holes kicked in them... like a unit I’m repairing this week where a family with young children had been recently living.

If you plan to start cutting holes in walls, do you know what kind of live and dead loads the walls are carrying and how the headers should be sized?

You have to mitigate your title risk any way you can...even if your title is clear it may not protect you from all the other crazy...in one instance I know of an investor ending up in the hole thousands of dollars because of an outstanding water bill. water company was under no obligation to turn the water back on until the bill was paid. this did not show up as lien.