I'm extremely glad that I decided to rewire my basement and install insulation and redrywall. It allowed me to find all the nasty traps hidden in the basement and it explains a lot of the stuff I see.
My problem is that I found one corner with water damage, not horrid damage, just a corner where the plywood is soft and it also happens to coincide to the place where my gutters aren't working. I also found an insect infestation - nothing horrid, but I wonder if I found a nest of cockroaches or simply a bunch of beetles. I suspect beetles, as I don't see the smaller casings that a cockroach would leave. I also found a bunch of ants hiding out with the beetles and the most vile looking spider I ever saw. They all took a trip down the shop vac tube before I got a chance to take a photo of them - so I wasted that opportunity to ID them.
But here is what I'm faced with