Buying an occupied property

[Nathan Brooks]

BP! Happy Thanksgiving friends ... hope this finds you well!

I am looking at a couple of properties with my partner that are currently for sale, and will be sold "occupied."

Couple questions:

1. If you have (like as in, you have actually purchased them yourself) how have you gone about doing the best job of a. saving your property and its condition, b. getting people out peacefully c. efficiency/timely 

2. If you haven't been able to get inside (which i would assume nearly always you haven't ... or is there a trick here too?) how have you calculated for the risk of what you may find inside ... in the midwest here we often have basement issues ... those can be very pricey ... 

What else am I missing?

Thanks!