You can ask the seller for disclosures (they don’t always provide them up front) and they will tell you if that particular house flooded.

If the tenant paid April's rent early, then it's possible that the PM sent the rent to the seller.

@Chris Sellers Thanks for the advice.

Something my ******* mortgage company could have let me know a month ago when I submitted all the gift letters and bank statements, etc.Anyway - before I get too far gone here, this is my question:Closing should have been on Tuesday - seller is accommodating and is ok with me working on securing funds for mortgage.Is it too late to approach them about owner financing?

(point of reference I just closed an escrow for one of my sellers on a FIXER for 1.4m) @Alex Deacon I have run nowhere near 1,000 properties in Pittsburgh :/ and the only plan I have of visiting (I've never been) was to meet my agent, property manager etc in person.

Seller is motivated.

Some of the title companies prefer to meet buyers and sellers at different times.

In general, a strong agent will get the average seller 11-18% more than if they sell FSBO in a shorter amount of time. 

Is seller financing an option to consider?

And what does your attorney say if you use one.Without the estoppel, you only got the seller side of the story, and have to assume the seller and his tenant abide assiduously by the lease.