A title search would have uncovered this.

Digging deeper, I uncovered an eviction and a total of nine landlord tenant cases (none of which came up in my screening services eviction report BTW), a prior bankruptcy, and a prior foreclosure on a house that was inherited (just cashed out to get loan).Saying no is easy sometimes.

I've had some not so nice experience with VA's before but now I can confidently say that I already know how to pick the good ones. :)

Probably the reason those are so nice because they are owner occupied which doesn't help people like you and me.  

Sounds what you're looking for is, you want to make an offer that will get him to uncover his magic number.  

Also, you don't want uncovered windows that either look vacant or a person walking by can look in and check out the merchandise to steal.

They do a wonderful job and it's so nice to not have to worry with the issues/complaints.

One bad uncovered claim and poof, there goes everything.

Many shouldn't be, but they do, so I guess an inspector is a good way to put them in their place and readjust the level they "believe" they are at.My main use of a home inspector isn't to actually uncover issues, but rather to write up an "official" report to lean on the sellers with and get them to lower their price.

It lays out so nice and flat!