I don't rent to drug or violent offenders.

Lakeland smelled like a sewer treatment plant.

Drugs and alcohol.

Here's that thread:http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/51/topics/64150-installment-sale-tax-treatment-questionGood luck figuring out how this works from that thread.

I've had applicants, at this point, say "I just got out of jail on drug dealing charges."

I have held the property at times in order to qualify for long term capital gains treatment, that would be hard to do if I was paying hard money rates.

You are renting.The capital gains treatment applies after you own the asset for 1 year.THough you could reduce your tax bill if you held title long enough to fit the capital gains tax treatment rules it might not be the best investment decision.

Paragraph C-59 of the HAR Standard Purchase Contract (formerly the DROA) is an OPTIONAL, yet detailed, provision concerning Termite Inspection and treatments.Your Lender will likely require inspection and treatment (of any live infestation), and IMHO, rightfully so, given the voracious appetite the little buggahs have around here...

Almost makes you wonder if he was a drug addict, because his actions sound almost implausible to a rational person.

Am currently rehabbing a house and can hear the water gushing under the house (Crawl Space) when toilet is flushed. I'll be cutting into the floor and fear that there may be raw sewage under the house (the leak wasn'...