But if this is marketable title, then it would seem to me that the seller is required to sell the property on the terms he and the buyer agreed to, and if he is unable to do that, then he could be sued for specific performance.  

Expected maintenance issues are based on a good inspection of a SFD, major items, like HVAC, septic tanks, wells and roofs need inspection and the condition and age should give an indication as to the probability of future performance.

I sat down with him one day to go over his job performance. 

And the price is ridiculous...I don't know a thing about this area, but why not tie it up with an offer and perform your due diligence... if something terrible comes up, back out through your escape clause.Otherwise, keep this one on the radar and discover who buys it and what they do with it...even volunteer to help locate tenants, etc. if it is an investor...

In the US there have been court cases where the dog was not considered a trained SD because it in fact had received no training, obedience or otherwise and did not perform trained tasks.Service Dog central has a good list of case law.http://www.servicedogcentral.org/http://www.servicedogcentral.org/content/The deltasociety.org site has a lot of info, too. http://www.deltasociety.org/ServiceInformationBasic.htmhttp://archive.deltasociety.org/ServiceAccessHousing.htmAnd if you're interested in "traditional" tasks, there is http://www.iaadp.org/tasks.html with a pretty comprehensive list of tasks that can be trained to mitigate a disability-keys being TRAINED and mitigating the disabled persons disability.Ofgift

If an investor takes the time to learn accounting and can perform sound financial analysis they will increase their chances of success with bankers and equity partners.Ryan

He also coaches people that want to learn the art of Performing Short Sales.

The professional investor understands not only the process but why the process is the way it is, the monkey doesn't understand why, but just performs

Housing prices as measured by the Cash-Shiller Composite continued to perform quite well after that.

We don't have the cold temps that you might experience up North so maybe that is cause for concern.Have a plumber perform a pressure test on the house and that will tell you if the plumbing has been compromised.