You'd have to be dealing drugs on the corner to get into a transaction that carries a perceived greater harm to the public.Slick talkers that convince someone to pay significantly more for a property than it's really worth is stealing by deceit, it's not clever negotiation it's theft of future equity.

NOT UNDER THE INFLUENCE: I am not now under the influence of alcohol or any other mind-altering substance, nor am I taking medication that would cloud my judgment or make me unable to think clearly. ________ 20.

IMO: I would stay away from an ARM, you have to many risks involved that could permanently harm your future RE career.

Since I have no reason to believe that he means me harm, I am wondering how he comes up with his calculations.

Rent an industrial strength ozone generator from a hardware store and run it in the apartment for a couple of days.Ozone is an unstable molecule that attacks hydrocarbon molecules, breaking them down into harmless substances like carbon dioxide, oxygen and trace amounts of water.Just make sure you follow the precautions and if you overdo it let the apartment air out for a day.

My suggestion which may differ from others is you should let the seller know up front what your intentions are so that in the event you dont sell it then no harm no foul. 

This is not tie up a house with no ability to buy it and if it doesn't sell no harm, no foul.

Not making rounds to collect cash rent, not being in the house while prospective tenants are, pepper spray, maybe I'm just overly concerned about not putting myself in potential harms way.Your tagging doesn't seem to be working.  

I had a tenant with the same exact situation and she sent the papers, I let her break the lease with a 30-day notice.This is the least we can do for those who go on deployment and serve in harm's way!

. ;)To give some perspective, more than half of those BP podcast guests have never lived as an investor through a RE downturn, and I wish them no harm, but they are so leveraged up to grow fast that I'd bet that half of those more than half will end up going bankrupt in the next downturn.