If you have it in those places, I would remove it.As Jon Holdman indicated, your sewer main in a house this age is likely cast iron and it does eventually fail.

With this disclosure, you may have to undertake a Phase I Environmental Assessment - your lender or insurer may insist on it.We had a very similar deal on a multi-family a year ago - when the Phase I and some soil sampling came back strongly indicating remediation, we - and our lender - insisted on placing a substantial portion of the purchase price (30%) in escrow to cover remediation costs.

Honestly, I think either one is fine to use (don't take my videos as a conclusive indication of which one is better) - but depending on the size and purpose of your list, they may not come out to the same price, even if you're dealing with identical scenarios across both platforms.

Adam Johnson I agree with you -- credit score is not the #1 indicator if someone is a good person and will take care of your property.

I searched them and they are being offered for anywhere from $1000-$1,150 per month, which is higher than my research indicates.

The copper was probably stolen :)But if there's any copper there (or maybe it's all galvanized), then an air pressure test as Mark Ferguson indicated is the best approach.

An insulated/lined stainless steel chimney - as I had suggested for passing through the attic and Daniel indicated above - would be an easy and, probably the cheapest, solution.

Why did the author specifically indicate that the lender's license could not table fund, but it wasn't mentioned in the broker's column.

The kids of the deceased had to strip a lot of stuff from the home to pay for the funeral, and the neighbor indicated the kids were just doing to let the bank foreclose due to outstanding liens.

It could indicate that he doesn't have the income to sustain his rent.