Inspections are a status report...not pass/fail.If the seller's agent got the report they should disclose to the new buyer.However that buyer does not have any claim to the inspector since it was not prepared for them.

I developed a small, enclosed mall at the corner of Yellowstone and Alameda in Pocatello Idaho in the mid 1970’s as my only claim to personal experience with Idaho.

However, there will be a deductible as well as a claim on your insurance report for years to come.

The house belonged to the guys grandmother who past away, during the appointment he claimed that he was the only beneficiary and that the house was his and he had been living in it for over 25 years. 

Is there a better way of helping my mom/and I out without a bill of sale (quick claim deed?)

Not to say that some wonderful investment analysis can't be done by these fantastic machines, but in the end be weary of anything that claims to make investing 1. instant wealth or 2.easy. 

They claimed they were withholding rent due to the aftermath of a big issue that was taken care of over a month ago(claimed gnats are still there after the issue was fixed, even though I saw all dead ones last I was there), but never communicated this to me. 

Repair the Property rather than Improve – You can deduct a large portion of the repairs of each item if you claim them as a repair rather than an improvement.8.

Once you do go inside, make sure to take photos of everything that was left behind so you have a legal record in case she comes back and tries to make a claim the house was full of gold bars. 

If you want to hide your address here, you can generally set up a mail box with a UPS Store, and use that.You can get a fake ID in some other name and if there are plenty of pics of you floating around the Web, claim you're the owner's cousin to explain the physical resemblance.But generally, if you're self-managing and dealing with a situation when you're renting out single family and residential small multiplex (up to quadplex), this kind of thing isn't a good idea.