For example, if the seller is pushing you to close on time, you may have uncovered a land mine.   

A lot of my preliminary research has uncovered lots of papers on residential real estate booms and busts in this time period, but it's been tough finding strictly CRE papers.

As well, an inspection 'should' uncover any issues / damage and can be addressed in the PSA vs doing it after contract and used for 're-negotiations'.Good luck.

It sounds like a silly question, but it uncovers problems quickly, and if it makes sense or if they're obviously getting evicted.   

From I have seen so far ROI on rentals in Wichita, KS have been not so great unless you uncover a really great deal.

I'm a Realtor here and the company I work for specialises in RE investments/multi family and property management. 

We think there are still good deals out there to be found, and having the right systems in place and continuing to nurture relationships in the marketplace allow us to uncover them.

Take a look at this case and the vast amount of detail the IRS uncovered.

To protect yourself your job is to uncover them. 

As we uncover more information about loans, we find that maybe the income doesn't fit (peg 1) and the borrower only has 1 year self employment (peg 2) and maybe they have some credit challenges (peg 3) and on and on.