A plumber can pressurize the system and tell you if it is holding pressure or loosing pressure due to a leak.  

If the water drips in the window sill, the tenant may never notice there is a drip and the water could rot the wood there, not to mention drip into the wall and cause damage there and on down to the subfloor, etc....If you have ever had a house with a wooden porch floor with a window AC unit mounted above the porch floor, you realize soon enough that it might be a no win situation when it comes to the condensation flowing out of the AC unit :)Catch pan and drainage tubing sometimes are needed ...

Bryan and Jon thanks for the advice, I think that I will tell the bank to prove they have the funds set aside in escrow for closing (supposed to now be 1/03), tell them I will not give them anything and that if they cant close I will cancel the contract, hopefully the buyers (retail buyers) will put some pressure on their people to get it done, or make them switch lenders.

Impacts or winds that blow in the garage door cause major damage (rip off roofs from built up pressure on the inside of the house).One thing that I know a lot of investors don't bother with is flood insurance.

The city could also put some pressure on the owner then at least if something does happen you have a record of the issue for an insurance claim against the neighbor because of their negli

We arent for profit, so theres def a lot less pressure, so if u do want to just go in and ask questions, its easier.

That won't allow for RV's with air conditioners mounted on top, but then again most of those are longer than 30' anyway.

Just to update house is sold as-is I guess I was not aware of once I sign agreement that there is no backing out unless I want to lose my 2000, I did sign agreement one thing I that seemed a little high from reading other post was fannie mays title insurance (by title company) was 500$ closing protection by title company 75$ I did mention this to agent that it seemed a little high, he agreed but recomended that I stay with there title insurance company to but all the pressure on them, I am on a time frame im a merchant marine and have about 5 weeks before I get back to work, 1 more question for BP community is should I get my own insurance company or leave it as is.

These types of things also include high pressure due diligence and short time frames to fund.

I don't have any recomendations for books, but can provide the following from previous experience: look into highest and best use, check with zoning on number of units per land size, get a soils report, geo report, check with fire department on number of fire hydrants needed and make sure to have existing pressures tested to confirm new hydrants will have proper pressure, and of course speak with zoning/planning.