Account Closed I love meeting other DINKs with similar aspirations (we too live on one paycheck...squirreling away the rest).  

Have not run across bees but I do have experience with beavers, squirrels, raccoons and mice.

S1 has a cat and a pet squirrel living with him.

I talked to him yesterday, he said he had a couple of people take a look at the home, but nothing solid.I know I need to build rapport with the seller and Lonnie talks about using the Squirrel dog technique, but I would like to knowwhat are some techniques the rest of you are using to present your offers and get the price you want?

I think there can be too many chances for unplanned expenses even with the best TK property.  

@Danny Day  Reverend @Lucas Carl was kind enough not to mention a tenant overdosing in your vacation property, people cooking meth in your vacation property, people breaking in to your vacant vacation property for a free vacation and a free HDTV, an unplanned fatality in your vacation property, etc. 

But what's acceptable in the kind of renovation you're talking about in, say, the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of the City of Pittsburgh is different from what's acceptable in, say, the independent borough of Wilkinsburg, right next door, and different people trained to different standards will be carrying out either set of inspections.For City of Pittsburgh information, here's the building codes page: https://pittsburghpa.gov/pli/building-code2.

Sometimes regardless of the cleanliness,  rodents/squirrels move into (attic/walls) one of the units and the wildlife control will need to treat all adjacent for a complete treatment.

Raccoons, squirrels and any animal that can invade an attic space can leave behind terrible urine smells.  

It was expensive to heat, mice and squirrels kept chewing holes in the plumbing, the floor was soft in places, and the garage was overdue for a roof.