I am a Realtor and have been looking deals on the MLS is the worst so now anything that may work is not a 1% deal or it's pretty far outside my radius, maybe 1.5 hrs or more drive, but also not very attractive anywhere I have looked. 

These days, most appraisers are totally strung out and under constant pressure from lenders, investors and worst of all, Realtors representing first time homebuyers!

I usually always try to look at the “worst case scenarios” especially that I am in a similar situation with a garage that I did not give my tenant access because it needs too much repairs for what I want to do and she claims her dad is “a contractor” himself and would fix it for free!!

I suggest you submit a claim to the title insurer, as soon as possible, the worst they can do is claim it's not a  covered matter. 

Well, The thing that always causes pause is the fact that the best time to sell and start a 1031 (a sellers market) is also the worst time to buy and finish a 1031 exchange. 

Worst of all, because of their rules, they made it impossible for someone to get a FHA loan on the house I wanted to sell.

One of the things that helped me take and implement my action plan is that I wrote a "what if" paper, and listed out the worst case scenarios for every single what ifs I had.

Reach out and have a conversation, worst thing is she could say no...Good luck

Originally, we figured we would gamble since there was no inspection and thought worst case scenario would be around $8,000 to replace it.

You always end up building equity no matter what, as long as you hold to the strategy and stick to the plan.PS: I am talking based on my own experience; I have seen clients that bought at the worst of the market but held to their strategies are doing very well now.