The property has been on the market for ~15 months, it's listed too high, but I will fight that battle once I feel secure that I can finance the purchase.

However if this is purely investment (is no plans to move in after some time), you need to objectively do the math on your expected return given what you think price appreciation will be over the life of your ownership ( @Leo Kotschenreuther makes an excellent point) , weighting the risk of a downturn and your ability to continue to fund this investment, and compare that to using your 500k +2k/month to fund any other investment (Amazon stock, bonds, passive investment in a syndicated deal elsewhere.... ) We are holding our San Jose MF, but I've stopped looking for my next deal in silicon valley... property here is all priced for perfection (ultra low cap rates, neg cash flow, smells like 06-07!)

Some still smell nicotine requiring ceiling to be to be replaced.

(A seasoned seller will smell this a mile away.)You might not have a property available that fits your investment strategy, forcing you to either a) pay taxes, b) buy a less than stellar deal or c) overpay for one that does.The fund hack: Diversification and high returnsHere's where investment funds come in.

A wall in the back of the garage showed staining at the bottom and there is that bad watery smell in the basement.

One fun thing about me is I really love the smell of an ice rink in the early morning.

Definitely go with two or three coats of polyurethane, though do consider the off-gassing smell.

That gave us a good enough income to move out of that rat pee smelling trailer and into a 3/2 2500 sqft log cabin, (rental) and then a year later, into a 4300 sqft 7br 51/2 ba, 4300 sqft home that looks like something out of loghome living.

I admire the folks who can do the battles daily, but think I am able to help society more overall in my current role providing housing for a few people long term (not just delaying the inevitable) and also educating others...

A new tenant just moved in and the other tenants have complained about the smell of pot resonating to their units.I have communicated to the new tenant about other tenants complaining about smoke resonating from her apartment and I pointed out that I advertised the apartment as a smoke free apartment.