It depends on the economics of the deal but I personally would never ever let a trivial thing such as trash in the yard delay and possibly endanger my ability to purchase a property.  

@Marcos Gutierrez time is going to be your biggest enemy here....time for design, permits, and front end things before you even break dirt could be 3 to 6 months depending on engineers, the city, tree huggers, endangered species, ect. ect. 

If a LEO was endangering his life by evicting someone from my property and they decided to literally go out with a bang, it's my moral obligation to protect myself and those on my property.

this is long out of conspiracy circles folks.dont endanger you, your tenants, their kids , pets, drinking water or the community

_Municipal_Court_of_City_and_County_of_San_FranciscoPeople like to howl about threats to the 2nd amendment, but it's the 4th that is the most endangered.

She basically said that making such offers was a waste of time in our market and she wouldn't endanger her reputation by making such low ball offers.

You don't want to buy the land and find out there is one Blue Butterfly on your property that is the last one of an endangered species, or the property was once a dump site and your are your new house will be resting on top of a ticking methane gas bomb.

Your post is old, but in the unlikely event you again have the opportunity to buy a house that was just raided by a SWAT team, just be aware that sometimes houses are used to cook meth and are contaminated, endangering future residents and remediation.

If I’m watching out for my own kids, why is it okay to endanger other people’s children?

No that's multi-tasking!

Apparently this boob idiot was driving, breast-feeding and talking on a cell phone. Talk about a juggling act.

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