If you yearn for the "fresh" air of the outdoors, build a gazebo in your backyard and keep you indoor air clean.

In my case, after steam cleaning the carpets, and a fresh coat of paint, it was mostly gone after the painting and all gone some weeks later when I came back to check with new tenants in place.

Once someone wins the auction, they hold the deed, freshly cleared of any liens, etc. 

If that is the cause, with some fresh air, the smell will go away pretty quickly.  

For example, will these jobs include primarily young families looking for a starter home with the white picket fence, or will they be made up of fresh out of college renters?

If the property is MFR, and not fully occupied, then the vacancy is baked into my purchase price.

I love fresh  little wholesalers.

I'd be looking at $10k to replace all the windows and patio doors, or nearly $15k if I keep the arch design.The other alternative is of course to simply not replacing the windows, unfortunately one of the main selling points of the house are the views and the ugly aluminum windows get in the way of that.The property itself is one of the largest in the neighborhood(3500 sqft), the closest comp is considerably smaller(2800 sqft) and not freshly renovated sold for nearly $1m last year.

And for this lady, it sounds like she is making a power move to try and get into your desirable house, and also could be her half baked attempt at trying to stay out of debt. 

I am trying to get a fair price for a couple turnkey sfr and there is a question about pricing of turnkey property being higher than mls.In the c neighborhoods of dayton, oh, mls prices are generally below 50, owner occupants can't get financing, flip to sell is not really feasible, freshly rehabbed properties rent quickly and for good rents and good tenants.