I need some help on an issue.

Thats not going away, water issues or not.

I am sure there is a Houston equivalent that has an issue once a year that lists vacancy rates and other valuable info by property type and sub market.

They waived the appraisal contingency, so there is a good chance I'll have to fork over more cash out of pocket than I planned on the make up the difference between the price and what I get loaned.This is a hot area of town, and aside from these issues it is pretty much everything I was looking for in terms of size, location, and quality.

If this is the case, no I do not foresee any issues so long as you don't discriminate fair housing.

This accomplishes the same thing but relieves you of the related party issues.  

If you guys continue down that path, get everything in writing before you start, so that there isn't any "I thought we were going to do it this way..." issues that come up later.

This led me to looking at bank owned properties for around 10,000 to 15,000 however every single one (even though fixed up nicely each would only be worth 35,000-40,000) had something seriously wrong with it from mold infestation to a giant hole in the ceiling to literally being condemned due to foundation issues.

I can't see that doing anything except causing issues.

Within this community I firmly believe that whatever the issue someone here has experienced it and will be willing to provide helpful information.