The first is that he smokes cigarettes and pot (not legal here) in his apartment for which we have had complaints about (as the smell travels) from both the apartment above him and from the renter of the commercial space below him.

I for one, would steer clear of anything that smells like fraud.

When you say the HML is not ready, is it a real HML that has a reputation to protect for not fouling up deals?

The carpet has been soiled and they hired a carpet cleaner, but some of the spots are coming back. the wood floor on the first level has also been scratched and their is a slight urine smell.

Other than that, it's going to be a constant battle between you and the tenants on usage.

I hear several time that I do not need to be an expert of the transaction and paperwork procedures, but I do need to understand what is happening and when it is happening ( we never go blindfolded for battle, right?!).

He brings up the parent vs kid college battle all the time and has some good incite.2.

Fast forward to my junior year in high school - my parents had divorced, my sister had gotten pregnant and dropped out of school, and my father moved away to battle addiction.

The chances that you'll get the closing wrapped up nice and neat and quick are LOW.What is most likely to happen is that you will end up in a protracted legal battle with the former owner with an unsympathetic judge and that will take months to wrap up.

I smell BS!