Never heard this before: septic inspection of an REO is a waste of time????

[Karin Crompton]

I just got an offer accepted on a bank-owned property that has a well and septic, and I have inspections on both of those as my only 2 contingencies.

I just got off the phone w/a company that told me they can come and do the pump-out and inspection, but said they wanted to let me know that the inspection won't tell me anything useful on a property that's been vacant for 6 months or longer (this one's been vacant at least a year, I believe).

They told me everything settles, the leach field dries out on its own, and the only way to tell whether everything works properly is when you have the day-in, day-out usage.

This is the first time I've heard that. Is it accurate? I'm still going to do an inspection, whether w/them or someone else, but their comments made me think. And a little hesitant.