I walked in and smelled that familiar smell of funk and burned almonds. 

People don't realize it takes *work* to sell a house and not every body is successful at it just because they are licensed.That statistic stunned me. 

Otherwise, you grow a body of homeowners who are much less likely to approve a tax levy the next time one rolls around. 4. 

What is very important is the final budget and how complete it is or how detailed it is and the anticipated profit with that done.With a $500,000 profit to split everyone deserves their fair share depending on the participation in making things done properly and every bodies involvement. 

She was starting to have "professional tenant" written all over her and luckily we smelled it before things got to far along. 

I will always be like an old elephant that can smell water just underneath my feet and not relay on technical analysis but I also realize not every one was born to just get lucky as much as I have.

When you get folks from certain cultures you area always dealing with this... think about the posts  Help my house smells like Curry how do I get that out ..or some folks just cant seem to hit the drive way and want to park on the law right in front of the front door.. 

smells shady to me, however the the fact that he wants to put as the leasse wouldn't concern me so much since would put his name and the LLC on the lease and you would take his personal social security # to run a background check either way, but the fact that he told you that he is planing to sublease it that a red flag to me.

I'm looking forward to completing my first deal and receiving checks from "warm bodies"@Mike McCarthy The existing lease seems fine.

Since it's metal, I'm thinking I could treat this like auto body work.. patch the metal with welding, then body filler and smooth out, prime/paint, etc.