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@Sean Gallagher, it seems to me that you reached the conclusion: "its a shame but looks like its going to have to wait and I'll have to pass on the deal", DESPITE what everyone has replied!? 

@David Bokman thanks for the reply.

Thank you very much for the informative reply Julie!  

I just want to make sure the contractor is not trying to get me to do some of his job.Thanks in advance for your replies.

Apologies in advance for the long reply..

My question is, if the uninhabitable classification is removed but the boards still are up, will I be able to get a conventional loan on it provided everything else is ok or will the appraiser block the purchase solely based on the house being boarded up?

I recommend looking through them (especially the ones with lots of replies) and reading!!  

I have plainly replied to the tenants that I am sorry for inconvenience and I will take care of issues which they raised like broken sprinkler, missing lightOther comments on questions on this forum- Of course, my previous tenants had beds upstairs but I never heard anything from them while moving out (they were already in place when I bought the property last year).

Mike, I was going to reply to you, but Jake said it perfectly.