Always meet in person:  This will give you a good idea of the person, if they're smoking a cigarette while talking to you, or being very negative about their previous landlord make sure you make note of that.4.)

Metal Building maybe $60k, he wanted to keep renting, he was running some sort of part time cigarette or E Cig business out of. 

I am considering buying the property in cash then hiring Servpro to fix the cigarette damage.

They left the unit in very bad shape (holes in walls, cigarette smoke smell, soiling and damage from unauthorized pets, graffiti and intentional damage, unflushed turd and vomit in the toilet, drug paraphernalia and liquor bottles, disgusting furniture and trash left behind, fridge, dishwasher and oven looked like crime scenes, cockroaches in the cabinets, grease down the drain, literally the works).

The rental leach bed had tampons, baby wipes, cigarette butts, ear swabs, and of course rubbers clogging it.

People will spend bundles of money on cigarettes or other vices, but never draw a connection on how they never have enough money.People have money for things they want, but often feel broke for things they need.

@Ned J.I was able to tour the upstairs since it is separate and he doesn't live there. the down stairs needs a lot of work as in it looks like a dirty frat house (looked in through the windows) there is trash everywhere and the walls have years of cigarette smoke on them. the foundation looks good, HVAC too (was able to get into the basement since there is a exterior entrance. however the brother has convictions for "criminal property damage" so I guess my concern is him taking a bat to everything/ ripping out plumbing, and the numbers not working with 70K in damages.

No cigarette boats or debt up to your eyeballs.

The smell although not as unpleasant as cigarettes lingers.

When I was a kid that would mean we had recess indoors because taking a breath of outside air could be as bad as smoking a cigarette, or standing downwind of a fire.