Bad smell in potential rental property

[Jeff Howard]

All, 

Looking at a house that has a bad smell in it, they had dogs and a smoker.  The carpet is pretty rough so I am going to pull that and put nice woodlike tile down.  

The question is this, if I pull the carpet and carpet pad, will that take the smell with it?  I don't want to put up money if I can't get red of the smell.

It looks to have been recently repainted.

[Jeff Howard]

Originally posted by @Steve Babiak:

I would approach this as if the subfloor was affected- lower the offer price to account for addressing the subfloor. Sometimes an oil-based sealer will do the trick; sometimes sections have to be replaced. 

 Great site, and great advice, thank you sir.. I also found this link that was helpful.  Apparently this is not uncommon, maybe I should say "obviously"    http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2012/11/05/getting-rid-tough-odors/