Tim Kaminski , I would check with the health department that maintains the information on wells and septic systems.

The seller indicated that they recently found out about some personal health issues and were indeed interested in selling.

I'm currently pursuing a Master's to be a clinical mental health counselor and hope to go into private practice when it's completed.

A Google search shows numerous possibilities, some that charge as low s $40.Not sure who is reputable and was curious if anyone has used any of them before that are reliable?

(I neglected to mention that she has some health issues, and currently pretty much stays home all day, everyday.)

You are under no obligation to fix anything else, but you may want to send over a handyman to look at the windows (a little WD-40 may do the trick), replace the light bulbs, the garage door and the bathroom window (could be a health and safety item). 

Hello BP,My name is Dylan Stone and I'm a former oil rig worker turned licensed realtor from Los Angeles county (yes we have oilfields here) I made the decision to get into real estate after being laid off from my oilfield job and after reading numerous books I figured "If I can work 12 hours a day doing back breaking and dangerous work for somebody else, why not work for myself in an air conditioned office" haha.

For example a newbie may need to look at numerous properties and do walkthrough (before being really ready to pull the trigger) while learning to analyze the numbers in order to know whether or not there is a deal.What would you recommend to be appropriate and how can this be approached?"

Those can be the best kind because someone else paid for the exiting build out, training employees and weeding through the duds, stabilizing and creating a history of sales over time you can track,etc.Those businesses have already created multi-generational customers from the grandfather,father,and son to eat there.Great business opportunity is generally where the owner is wanting to retire, has to relocate, health problems, partnership split, divorce causes division of assets, bankruptcy sale, etc.You want the business to throw off great cash flow on it's own and be established but get the discount because of external operator issues.

May have something to add here as he has numerous vacation rentals in S.