Well maybe not so fast.While it does not make sense to me, I provide for your reading enjoyment the following links /  Court Case;https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/USCOURTS-ohnd-1_08-c...andhttps://www.casemine.com/judgement/us/5914fbf2add7...This property was recently listed and so I was doing some research, ran across the case and learned a thing or three.The synopsis is (not a lawyer so maybe I haven't read it correctly) and leaving a side the fraud of one party (which he eventually was found guilty of), the eventual purchaser, purchased in good faith and was declared the 'owner' with good title.

I assumed they need a sump pump... until I saw the backyard during that same rain.

He passes with no liens, Judgements or lawsuits.

I think this building has deferred maintenance (roof leaks into the foyer when it rains, parking lot has not been striped in a while, I assume more will be found).

This may save you some time/money but I would only do this if I had no intention of going after him for a judgement.

Continue with the court process and get the judgement for non payment of rent.

There is definitely going to be a lot of rain and possible tropical storm force winds. 

There has been so much development  in the past that it has really messed up the drainage in the Houston area, it doesn’t take a lot of rain to get the loacal bayous and water ways to break over their bank.

It's a matter of getting a judgement which will hinder future tenancy.

There’s a judgement for $280K from a reverse mortgage that the lady should not have been able to sign according to her son.