Thread: house not fit for inspection

Hi folks, Long story, but any advice is greatly appreciated. Newly married daughter (23) wants to buy house. I suggested finding something needing some work so they would have some sweat equity to weather any further home price declines. We are helping financially and offered to do whatever to make the house nice. Get together with agent well known to me and have worked with before. He makes them aware of sketchy areas based on crime, schools etc. They only have 105K so that’s hard. Agent is reluctant to show them stuff in the bad areas so they get upset and tell him they want to work with somebody else. The somebody else is an agent friend of son in laws mother. New agent tells the couple the first agent could lose his license for telling them about crime stat website and that the best way to evaluate an area is to drive around it!?!?! Wife and I go to Florida for week and the couple makes an offer on a house with no discussion with us (offer accepted). Naturally the house is 3 blocks from the seediest strip in town (all bars and strip clubs). The schools are terrible (middle school ranks 285th out of 314 in the state). Also the house is a flip with long list of shortcuts noted. Schedule inspection. Inspector arrives to find electric service unhooked. Owner had masthead replaced and did not pass inspection obviously. Huge red flag IMO. Before I can say anything the agent gets seller to add 10 days to allow inspection time. Inspector is coming back on the 10th day of that period June 10th. As of today service is still unhooked and see no work done. My question is can they walk away and get their good faith money back if service is not restored by then and house cant be inspected. My preferred inspector will not reschedule again.