The biggest thing is to make sure that it is sloped properly and all the flashing and roof membrane is in good condition.

If the lender doesn't perform in a timely manner, the buyer forfeits the escrow.The lender has been slow to respond on a few occassions but nothing like the week and a half it took for the seller to schedule the appriasal inspection... stating that the tenants needed to have proper notification.

I have been using docusign to do e signatures though, so it has made the process quite a bit simpler.

You can take over the loan if it is done properly, keeping in mind that you have to do so properly to minimize the risk of the due on sale.

If you assume you've got to properly update a home for a nice neighborhood, how easy is it to spend $150k for a house less than 2000 square feet?  

You want to ensure the proper contingencies are there for you.

@Daniel E.

Councilperson Viagran stated, there were multiple code violations and work was performed without proper permits.  

not sure the real estate commission will do anything with this.. but the realtors E and O would as long as they have it and you can prove they hid this from you and that they had prior knowledge .. same with seller..

The idea with your zoning currently is to allow only 1 dwelling unit per 5000 sq ft, with the few exceptions that Brian mentioned above, and with all of the proper setbacks.