That is entirely up to you if the offer you are making to the guy is a lot lower than you think he want I wouldn't even bother but a whole home inspection isn't a whole lot of money many people use the inspection to uncover latent deffects that you may not realize initialy if you could find a good handy man they may be able to point out what needs to be worked on and most contractors give free estimates I would do it that way but like you said at the same time the property must pass and inspection and appraise in the end if you are seeking conventional financing , I would find out if the guy is really motivated to sell first of all the inspection comes after you have a accepted offer not before .Goodluck

Perhaps the facts are that the seller does not have any money to do deals themselves and must wholesale, or perhaps teh deal is too tight and they have exagerated the exit price, underestimated the rehab costs, etc.The truth is, these things can easily be uncovered through proper due diligence.

Uncovered owners name, and a possible telephone number.Went back to the house, and talked to the neighbor that lived across the street, the owner was a single mom that got remarried, and they simply moved .....Thanksgiving 2009.

If you're an old RE operator and doing this, you're just unethical as you should know better.I guarantee you, that as your tactics are uncovered in your community and with Realtors, HUD, fannie, banks, etc. you'll be on the quiet black list, HUD can bar you from doing business with them!

Invest in a company until some scam is uncovered?

When the Fed stops inflating, like they did in 2005-2006, suddenly the entrepreneurs miscalculation is uncovered and they all cry boo-hoo about deflation.

That is why attorneys are trained to ask the same question multiple ways to uncover inconsistencies in a "story".

Count on Steve to uncover the hidden links.

There is no way you can tell from the information given, but a balance sheet would sure shed some light on it, even if the balance sheet was not 100% accurate.Hard to fudge on what is owed, and if the value is fudged, due diligence would uncover that.

I have not heard of anyone couting a loan approval as a deal, then placing a tenant in same property as a deal and so on like he stated.My recent experience with a few uncovered that they would count the purchase, then the flip as two deals.