how about a $1  thru experian  http://www.experian.com/credit-report-partner/inde...

I first heard about Bigger Pockets when I was reading about the unfortunate situation where a squatter scammed a San Francisco rental (Cory Tschogl in 2014) and while reading further as the story was breaking the news, I found a forum in Bigger Pockets where the forum community was helping her go through the process.

Along the way, I will report the tenants' good payment history to Experian’s RentBureau service using a rent collection service.

@Patrick Plummer in a former life I practiced in US Tax court, I strongly suggest if you qualify for the solo 401k go that route, and roll your ira into the solo 401k it is much more flexible in real estate transactions, and the compliance cost and reporting requirements are much less.  

The reason I am so concerned is that The city has already forced me tear down one other building on the property which was reported (apparently) by a neighbor.  

If you get a mold report that identifies several issues in the home, you could use that as leverage to bring down the purchase price.

However, if the numbers are on the tighter side then forcing the repair might be a good option to use and still close the deal.I would assume that if you were able to get responses from a number of others on the site they would probably say things like I am going to list here.1) Problems can seem small and simple at first but grow larger in a hurry - it happens.2) Depending on the type of shower/tub installed in the above unit it may be more than a simple fix and get into much more money than you think - you won't know until you open the ceiling for sure.3) After the plumbing repair you could be looking at mold potentially in the joist spacing area between units.4) Depending on the length of time the issue has existed and been patched to get by you may also have damage to the wood - joists between units and or sub floor issues under the upper unit tub/shower.5) If there is insulation between the two units, you may have soaked and degraded insulation that needs to be replaced as well - good news is that rock and insul are cheap to replace.6) OR......... you may have someone open it up to fix it and its just a simple plumbing issue and is a quick and easy fix - totally possible too.Just as an illustration, I went to replace a bath faucet for an accountant friend of mine yesterday.

I guess without soils report or knowing how deeply the unsuitable soil is, there is no definitive answer.To the OP, vinyl windows with double glass and argon filled is a good option here in SoCal, I have installed a few of them, I only use Milgard on my installs, they offer high quality and high performance ratings.

My previous secretary manages our "production" lines, aggregate production, motor shop, and supply chain, then she graduated to 3 projects (20-30 people per project) doing it only by phone and bi-weekly reports and one foreman meeting each week, but those are more easy, just doing roads and small structures like drains and ditches.

Mark, I actually read your news letter.