Thank you Judy and Otis.

Depending on what you find, and who does the inspection for you, their opinion might be take less seriously than from a home inspector (i.e. if your retired school teacher aunt Judy says the framing is not up to code, that option would not be take as seriously as the opinion of Bob, your Civil Engineer friend).Either way, any findings you have will be reviewed by the sellers and they (sellers) will determine if they agree with you and the appropriate response.

Judi,I don't know anything about tax liens in Illinois, but I am researching on my own for Sarpy county in Nebraska.

Originally posted by @Judy P.

If he is on the note, he could probably ask for and get 50/50 of the proceeds of the sale, so I wouldn't push it.What would Judge Judy say?

@Judy P. 

Thanks Judy Raymond for your reply.

Hi Judy,Thanks for your feedback.

Trying to see Judge Judy soon?

At least you are getting  a good education right now on the subject matter, but I would suggest that you spend a lot of time learning your rights and responsibilities so that in the future, you can deal with tenants with a lot more knowledge and confidence - a tenant tried to quote some obscure ruling to me once and I recited the corrected language of the law because I knew it and she could not say anything after that because she was just trying to be a sofa lawyer - trying to quote some **** heard on Judge Judy or something.