If you can have someone inspect roofs, plumbing, A/C unit, electrical, and more you will be fine.

(Floor, walls, paint, plumbing etc).

It worked out well, and we had a good relationship.If you were to move forward on a property like this, during the general inspection, you'd have your inspector check all of the major systems (plumbing, electrical, foundation, roof) for any flaws or obsolescence.

Because of the age of the house, the items to look out for are Electrical, plumbing, HVAC, foundation and roof, which should be assessed in the inspection report.Lot size: 0.1 acresGood luck with the project, and let us know how it goes.

I can't just shut off water to the entire building for the whole weekend to wait for regular plumbing rates on Monday morning.

And keep your handyman on speed dial because there will be plenty of occasional electrical and plumbing and HVAC and hot tub issues, many of which will be minor but will still require your handyman to take a look.

Learn the basics of how mechanicals, plumbing, roofing, WATER MANAGEMENT ((ie gutters, downspouts, pooling water) all work. 

Also, the houses look older, so I am concerned about plumbing, foundations, electrical and roofing.

This assumes updating all they systems, roof electric plumbing and A/C.  

Here is the verbiage of the 2 major items from the report:"Support columns were found to be deficient as follows: The support column(s) was/were out of plumb.