So, my current residence is a house we bought from a renter at a decent price, but with issues as former rental houses tend to have.  Some of the problems are understandable, but there's one thing I feel I was wronged by: The water problem in the basement.  Before I bought it, I asked how the foundation was and if it leaked any water.  I even asked him while I was buying it, after it rained, if it leaked, and:  In his words, "It's dry as a bone!" In other words I was lead to believe the basement didn't have water problems.

But, come to find out it does leak considerably.  And there's no way he didn't know there was a problem at some point because there was a sump pump installed in the corner...this is supposed to be a finished basement but everything was done so superficially that the house barely works!  This is our first summer and there is basically a fan running 24/7 to keep the carpet dry.  It takes so long to dry that by the time it does, it rains again.  So the problem is pretty extensive.  And that's not really what we signed up for.  We knew the house wasn't perfect but we thought that it had a good foundation without any water leaks.

So the first question is, could we make a case against this guy?  The second question of course is, is it worth it to try and sue him?  I think it probably is, because he's a landlord with multiple properties.  He probably has a considerable amount of cash, and if not it's probably tied up in assets.