The next step was to get the property inspected.  This is when it became clear that the owners had purchased a in-progress new construction and decided to finish it out themselves.  This was clear because things that were started one way were finished in another.  For example, there were ridge vents put in place to ventilate the attic.  Yet, the new owners had gone in and sprayed insulation over the venting on the underside of the roof, thus blocking it.  After some research it turns out both approaches are acceptable and “insulating” the attic along w/ the house is actually considered “more green” – so we were ok with this, but it was a red flag that things had clearly switched directions mid-stream.

One of the more frustrating things was that when our inspector went to the property, the gas was off.  As is normal per the purchasing process in Texas we paid for the inspection.  However, the sellers had neglected to ensure that the house was *ready* for inspection.  As a result, after the inspection for all things non-gas related was complete, we had to have the inspector return.  Typically, this is at the sellers expense since it was not ready the first time around.  Instead, the seller tried to make us pay for the cost of the return.  We put our foot down and they ended up paying for it.

This was how things were to be for the rest of this process. Everything we did, we got push back from the seller.  They tried to nickel and dime the process to the point where we felt that perhaps there was something else going on behind the scenes.  As I’ve mentioned the property was being marketed as a 4-plex condo-ized units.  As such, we began to raise questions, what if we buy our unit and there are still two vacant and the seller goes bankrupt?