I mean, an infestation of unwanted house guests is bad enough, but when those bugs also penetrate the innermost sanctum of one's castle, come out at night to do their dirty work, and suck their host's blood for a living, that's just double or triple the creepy factor.

When those big fat roaches infest the place guess whose fault it is, legally?

VA Loans also require a pest inspection to make sure there is not an active infestation - I suspect this requirement also swayed agents from wanting to use a VA client - I guess we'll just have our vets and active duty military live in a home with bugs... cool.

. - Pines are ones to watch these days - with the pine beetle infestation going on throughout the country, a healthy tree can die pretty quickly.

Account Closed comparing Minnesota (Twin Cities) to Michigan (Detroit) is comparing apples too cabbage, it's just so vastly different of markets as shown by you statement of "might make $800 - $900", I can rent nearly any rat infested bed bug crawling shed for $800+ in Twin Cities.

On the other hand, some of the areas with the most beautiful coastal views can have infestations of white priders, or other gangs, you just can't tell unless someone actually KNOWS the area.

And need to do BioSafe treatment the whole house due to infestation of bugs. 

It's a complete seller's market with low inventory especially in lower end price range that just about anything that isn't a terrmite infested knockdown sells and even those eventually sell.  

I have mixed feelings on the pest issue and me being in the infested apartment making repairs.

However, after living there for a few days we quickly realized it is infested with cockroaches.