To sell this house the owner will most likely have to accept creative terms.  

So the incremental rent helps get me excited about accepting pets.  

On 4/26/2016 I engaged a local realtor to serve as my exclusive agent concerning the sale of one of my properties.

Maybe think about postponing the "dream" home now for a better dream home in five years.Here is a link to some such homes for sale currently in Greenville:http://www.zillow.com/homes/for_sale/Greenville-SC...I know nothing about your area, so I'll leave it to you to decide if the location of those properties is acceptable to you or not. 

It was accepted and the rest is the rest of the story.  1. 4 Unit - A friend of my brother in law wanted out of the apartment business. 

I don't want to just accept that.  

This realtor was very helpful, but when I went to make my first offer, it was requested that I sign an Exclusive Buyer Brokerage Agreement.

Purchase is subject to Buyer's review and written acceptance of final results of survey; of any lot-line adjustment/s, easement/s, and/or other agreements with adjacent property owners; and of the finalized property boundaries once any changes are completed.

I don't really have any evidence that they new about the leaks accept that I noticed the leaks for the first time after there was heavy rain within 2 months of buying the house, but now 11 months have passed since I purchased the house.If I was going to go forward with this I would just get a quote from a contractor on how much it would cost to fix it and bring that to court as the amount that I want to collect in damages.

@Jay Baxter please accept my apologies for the delay in replying!