Would recommend a Home Inspector and look for any huge repairs that may need to be made up front or soon.

So I had to pull permits and work with the city inspectors. 

The Bldg Inspector insisted that they all had to be rewired & because it's new wiring >6ft I had to use $45 AFCI breakers at the panel.

Do you hire a contractor who can give you a rehab/repairs estimate, or do you hire an inspector who can review the structural integrity of the house (i.e. check on the plumbing, water, heating, gas, electrical, foundation, drainage, roof, termite, radon, etc)?

Fair warning, the inspector in Galveston is a bear I hear. 

If you want to get the electric turned on and it's been turned off for a while, you're going to need a 3rd-party electrical inspector to sign off on the box being safe before you get a C of O inspection.

Hi,Can anyone recommend a good in-depth home inspector in Detroit, MI?

I was fortunate in that they both had separate services (electricity, water meter) and a proper firewall between the units.Here's a rough breakdown of costs:- fire inpsection report $800- council submissions (this can vary wildly) $3300- beers to keep things moving and costs down $240I'm fortunate in that the building inspector for the council is my friend's brother-in-law.

Does anyone have an references for a quality investor-friendly inspector?

Wind up with a state inspector coming by comparing my employees to my returns, and I didn't have all the paperwork on hand.