I noticed the investors above were working on a prior foreclosure home that they bought at the foreclosure sale, it's on a street that I travel multiple times almost daily.

I am not sure if you are in Indy and if the  location has access to on street parking.

A bunch of houses on this street are partly in partly out. 

There is another bar about to open right across the street.

Power in the house has been disconnected for 4+ years and Georgia Power has removed the line going from the house to the street line.

Have the borrower sign, provide loan number, street address, and last four digits of social security number  Safest to have borrower's signature notarized, although not usually required.Or, banks will usually allow a one-time authorization via phone if you and the borrower are conferenced into the call, the borrower answers some identifying questions, gives you authorization, and then drops off.

It helps to have traveled the country a great deal as I have to have a basic feel for different submarkets, but Google street view can tell me a lot.I won't plug my site because I don't think BP will let me, but I will tell you that there are a lot of tools, many that you have already mentioned, that can supplement or speed up the processing time for viewing the massive amount of investment opportunities that are out there.  

I agree on the architect/garage, though if it's a narrow lot with street access only, it's a pretty big challenge to make it very nice aesthetically. 

Not vented, and for a house with 3 full bathrooms and a kitchen there is only one visible pipe vent and whatsmore is that it’s on the opposite side of the house from all the bathrooms.He even shows me where there is a tear in the main power line coming in from the street with bare wire exposed.The plumber also shared with us that any good GC worth their salt will file their own permits for the work they do with the State.This house had no permits which leads me to believe the seller hired some very shady contractors.Ok so at this point I’m pretty much done with the seller.My RE agent is trying to save the sale by continuing to tell me to get an Inspector (for $400) and have them make up a list of all the problems to negotiate with the seller over.I thought I was very courteous and clear when I said “If the seller will pull permits and get the house up to code we can move forward”.The RE agent contacted the seller and his response was “You can get the permits on your own after you buy the house, but I won’t get any permits”.And that’s when we walked away.Good experience and well worth the $100 we paid the plumber I thought.We also stopped talking to that Real Estate company after that.From this experience I have absolutely no faith or see any reason to hire an Inspector.

A few years ago my sons daycare was across the street from a rehabber.