I need advice on what to do about reporting a home that is for sale in Sammamish that had an inspection report that concluded there was property damage due to improper construction.

I asked my agent and they said they'd follow up, then came back to me reporting that the previous owner doesn't feel she has to pay this now.

Your realtor or lender can pull a title report and tell you who is on title and what the mailing address of the property tax bill is within like 10 seconds, but that is only AFTER you identify the specific property. 

That'd what I thought but originally posted this to report that that isn't the case for me at least.

Back in 2012 someone went on ripoff report and said I was a scam artist.

An individual in a long term care nursing facility is likely to have diminished capacity.A little detective work may lead you to the facility, but that may not be helpful as laws will interfere with facility revealing if your party resides in their facility.You might find your owner but not be wise to get your purchase docs signed by this person. 

I try not to focus on the number, but rather what's in the report.

I went through this property a few weeks ago and the condition is pretty rough and there is a large tree in the back yard which could make getting a new building permit out of the city complicated.Closing date is reportedly 5-15-16... a 60 day close for a HUD deal is on the long side.

A Home inspector and SPI are not going to reveal anything behind the walls, but if it's a single window you probably are not too bad off, if all the window are showing signs then that might be sign.  

.- A lot of pest report stuff that no one would care about on any non-VA transaction.- The important thing is that you do this AFTER you're 100% certain that this is the house you want, and that the seller doesn't have any "outs" to back out of the deal without consequences, and that any pesky underwriting conditions are signed off too (juuuust in case).