Put a sign on front and back door that say copper has already been stolen, plastic plumbing in place.

In your business, I see your contract as merchandise to your business.

Since we went under contract the stove has been stolen.

Though I have noticed I get most of my calls from the sign in the yard.So many foreclosed houses with a sign in the yard that I went looked at have been broken in and copper pipes + out side AC unit stolen.

Personally, I don't think you have enough built in there for unexpected (holding costs, bad floor boards, stolen plumbing, ...)

If the property is so bad that "it should be condemned", the other buyer won't be getting financing anyway - A single hole in the drywall, a single stolen light fixture, or even excessively "dirty" carpet will prevent a loan these days - just wait a couple of weeks for the deal to implode and re-submit your offer...

In the end the bank ended up replacing the HVAC and repairing vandilism (stolen copper) while in contract.

This summer I had 6 evictions, 2 breakins, and 2 hvac units stolen...

The business aspect that covers short-term merchandising such as flipping, wholesaling, rehab to retailing, and hard money lending.

(Stolen plumbing, Localized mold, etc).