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We were under contract to buy a condo. The owner of three years had died, leaving the condo to her children. There was a previous pending sale that fell through a month prior. They wouldn't share that report until we were under contract.

Inspection happens, (they don't allow me to be there), and the wood floors in the bathroom are **soaked.** (Why there is wood floor in the bathroom, I'll never know.) Seller's disclosure says no knowledge of any leaks until discovered in the previous pending sale that fell through. That 1 month old Inspection showed the bathroom leak. Then the Inspection from 3 years showed the same thing. So we deduce a leak for over 3 years = mold and water damage.

We find a water damage/mold inspection company, and sellers arrange the appointment and give authorization. Inspector arrives and takes thermal images. They start to argue with him that he's only supposed to be testing for mold. **They make him delete the photos,** and go into his Recently Deleted folder to delete those files too so they can't be recovered.

Jokes on them, we had the inspector write a letter about his experience and opinion that it was a hot water slab leak, and submitted it to the seller's agent. Now they get to disclose the leak anyway.

Needless to say, we walked away.