I also recommend you start building your contractor team now as well as your list agent, escrow, title, home inspectors, appraisers, mentors, etc.

The GC I have used to be a pest inspector, so he said he can take care of all the work and said it's nothing crazy- about $4k of damage.

Now major safety issues will be addressed (like proper venting for gas appliances) even if they were legal back in the day.Keep in mind also that different Section 8 organizations/inspectors are not all the same in the stringency of their inspections.

And both inspectors said that only if we are moving a sink from a location to a different location or moving walls etc is when we would need to pull a permit ex. sliding glass door.

You will soon learn who the good lenders are, which contractors to use, which inspectors to use, where to get the best price on carpet.

I'm also an out-of-country investor (I can't bring myself to use the term 'alien', as they're green and drive flying saucers), and I'm off to Indianapolis the week after next to take a look around.

I guess the inspection today changed their minds.On a side note, the agent let me know they would take it as is, suggesting there were problems they'd deal with.I had the same inspector 2 years ago, and still have the report, including the steps I took after it.

Does anyone know any good,honest roof and or mold inspectors in Las Vegas?

An appraiser is not a home inspector or contractor, and not particularly skilled in estimating repair costs, especially if the defect is hard to detect.

Indianapolis has multifamily properties, in a big city, plenty of jobs.