All strategies or methods used in RE have been around for hundreds and some thousands of years, yet the guru tells you it's new, the big secret, how to or they add some twist to an old idea, smoke and mirrors.

Hi, I am looking at a house that had meth smoked in it.  

Smoking: Depends on the type of property.

Sure beats the heck out of thinking you have done excellent due diligence on a sponsor, investing $100k and then seeing that go up in smoke only to find out he didn't do the correct due diligence because of his ignorance of real estate markets, etc.

He install smoke alarms connected to batteries because he doesn't trust his own electrician.

I told him that I thought the main reason for that kind of carp was to teach me how to blow smoke up my own butt to stay motivated, and that I considered it HIS JOB to motivate me, and that since he now expected me to do his job as well as my own I SHOULD GET A BUMP IN COMMISSION to include however much override he was paying himself on my sales.all cash

Yes - don't forget about the little things....carrying costs - which is not just the mortgage, but also heat and electric...closing costs (always more than you expect them to be)...minor things that add up...ie - mulch in the yard,new smoke detectors, light fixtures, dump runs, whatever.

You go stick that dildo up your own *** and get back to smoking your blunt, which is all your good for you gangsta wannabe"....I almost felt like saying to him)Oh man like I literally should have just hung up at that point, but the conversation was going reasonably okay up until that point.

My current rehab, the walls were bleeding from cig smoke.

I think you do if you're going to do any business, The SAFE Act is some smoke screen and it's like swating flies with a sledge hammer!