Southeastern Virginia

Just get a proper home inspection and investigate the basement quality, electric type (i.e. knob and tube, aluminum, ungrounded, modern romex), plumbing type (i.e. cast iron, galvanized, pvc), and just be overall ok with an older building material.

    - fire or burglar alarms    - underground tanks (active or inactive)    - knob & tube or aluminum wiring     - fuses5. what are the years that the Roof, Electrical, Heating, & Plumbing were last updated6.

You can use a stainless steel liner or aluminum.

Do your due diligence, but most of this stuff doesn't last and is updated way before your buying it today. 1940-1970s - Orangeburg Pipe, Fuses, Aluminum Wiring, Galvanized pipes, etc. - These are the years you have to worry about the most as many of these materials are coming to the end-of-their life as your purchasing today. 1980s - 2000s - PVC pipe, copper plumbing/wiring, slabs, etc. - these are more standard material today, and are more plentiful and are sometimes easier to replace as construction got better. - I'm not actually a fan of the newer builds as everything isn't built to last and a burst pipe, strong weather, meth-head who sells copper, etc. can do catastrophic damage more easily.

Here are some that I'm aware of:- Galvanized pipes - typically 40-50 useful life, could rust from the inside out, could get eventual pipe failure- Zinsco or Fed Pacific electric panels w/ aluminum wiring that could be a major fire hazard- Wiring in general (e.g. knob and tube)- Asbestos in the walls- Lead paint- Heating system - boiler?

Same goes for aluminum wiring (55% greater fire risk).

Hi I'm Kevin I've lived in south eastern NC for the last 4 years previously living in Southern California. 

You'll probably have the most deal flow on the seller side in Dekalb county as well as south eastern quadrant inside the perimeter.

As I mentioned, we are currently focused in South Eastern PA.