Today I drove by the house again to take some pictures and look at it from the side and I noticed an open window which I could see the back door was open so I'm assuming people have been inside and there's at least some water damage.  

Its 10 minutes from my house, its the ugliest house on the street, next door neighbor has same exact duplex redone, new windows and new siding.  

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I looked at a place in Pittsburgh decent neighborhood seemed to be a pretty good wholesale deal listed at 29900 from pic's when I got there probably a few squatters living there at the time destroyed a lot mostly cosmetic told wholesaler would not be interested in the property at that price in that condition offered 20000 he responded if I can renegotiate I might get 21 or 22 thousand I told him 20000 is my number and he assured me squatters would not be an issue 2 weeks go by he calls yesterday and tells me I can have it for 20000 I go back over to property only to see that there have been squatters in the house also 2 windows broken that were not broken before house is dirtier than before and a slight bit of more damage than before I give him a call told him I offered the price I felt comfortable with based on the condition of what the property was in.

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@Logan Hassinger I'm also not convinced that this is truly a section 8 complex, due to the bad condition, broken window fixed with cardboard etc.

New roof was done in 2010, HVAC looks good (Trane), water heater I haven't seen yet, windows are good and appliances are ok.  

Right off the bat ~ Numbers look good.Reno'ed in 2002 sounds good ~ but still at 13 years, I'd check all majors (roof, hvac, water heater, windows, appliances, etc...)Who pay utilities?  

The foundation will likely have to be underpinned, the house stripped of all cabinets doors and windows, the drywall removed, the structural framing replaced or repaired, probably a new roof, new gypboard, new or replaced windows doors windows, and cabinets $$$$$$.  

A big shop vac or powerful fan and all the windows open has worked for me in the past.