16th and Washington... which appears reasonably close to downtown.

I do not know the attorneys you used but it appears certain things were missed.Glad you made a deal on it and bought low so you can hopefully absorb these unknown costs and legal expenses to balance it out into a win over the long run.No legal advice.

Reading through the building code, it appears that (1) egress (main door) is suffiecient.

The house is synthetic stucco... which is a MAJOR negative, but it appears to be in good shape and we've had several people check it out including a home inspector and no one has found any issues....yet.  

Although the builders have indicated we can see the home but only on an appointment base only due to the hazard of home and getting hurt in the event if a representative from the builder company isn't around.So my question remains, we signed a contract for a mustard and tan home and obviously that's not what the painted home appears to be.

If the WC claim appears to be valid, your friend should ask about what rights/resources he has if his employer retaliates against him.  

It appears that the primary objective of the Orange County club(s) was to attract investor capital to be used (as represented) to acquire rental property in Utah.A REIA is a place where many, many people are new to real estate hear success stories but are personally frustrated that they can't find deals on their own.

I have checked out @James Wise and he does appear to be the resident expert on the West side.

I keep getting told that my rental income only qualifies after 2 years of appearing on my tax returns.  

The high DOM would appear to indicate that it's priced too high, or that the 72 hour requirement has prevented bona fide offers for being accepted already.