If that kitchen looks old, tired, or dated they'll pass you by. 

You'll get a million calls from agents trying to convince you to let them list it and a bunch of tire kickers who aren't serious about buying.

I'm so tired of spending so much time installing regular 10mm laminate flooring and the seeing water damage or tenant chips in this stuff.  

The reason is the seller doesn't want 50 tire kickers walking through and disturbing the tenants.

How many are really motivated and how many are just 'tire kickers'?

I think it is harder to do now that the price of houses have gone up so much there can be too much equity in a property that the trustee does not wnat to just let it go (as they do receive a commission on all the money they can capture for the "estate")You could try to reach out to the owner but it would still have to be presented to his attorney and approved by the court.You might find someone that has been in Chapter 13 for a while but is now tired of it and does want to walk away from the property

Since it is a bank owned home, I figure the bank will eventually get tired of holding on to the house for another year and sell it at a lower price that will get the house sold.

Interest on an automobile purchase (to the extent of business use of course) is included along with parking fees, tolls, and taxes as a "separate item" distinguished from the "fixed and variable costs" described in §4.02 that are not deductible when using the standard mileage rate.The theory here is that the "standard mileage rate" is the sum of "fixed and variable costs" such as depreciation or lease payments, maintenance and repairs, tires, gas, oil, insurance, license/registration fees, etc., on a per-mile basis.However, this "standard mileage rate" does not (theoretically, of course) include the "separate items" of parking fees, tolls, interest, and taxes, and so these may be deducted in addition to taking the standard mileage rate.Also, I assume your car is relatively old or inexpensive such that the standard mileage method makes sense as opposed to the actual expense method?

I'll get specifics in terms of costs as it goes along as I've only kicked the tires so far.

Tire-kickers?