Its all a scare tactic meant to buy them power and scare you to death. oh and speaking of outlandish apocolyptic lies and predictions meant to drive fear, can anyone say Y2K???

No, your actions or deals do not need to be outrageous and you don't need to lie and con your buyer to be predatory or deal illegally.

Previous landlord references are helpful, current ones usually are but may lie just to get rid of a bad tenant.

It has since given me issues, until I just ended up replacing it, which was expensive.My question is, with it being a year later, do I have a right (legally or morally) to request compensation from seller now, since the seller lied to me about roof?

Find out what their situation is, where their pain lies.

The numbers don't lie, people do.

When people teach others to lie and deceive is it any wonder so many start out wrong?

@Reggie Wright  Therin lies the devil.

It has since given me issues, until I just ended up replacing it, which was expensive.My question is, with it being a year later, do I have a right (legally or morally) to request compensation from seller now, since the seller lied to me about roof?

So on open house day, he's waiting in the kitchen, more like lying in wait, with a big gun strapped under his shoulders.