Finally, some sanity.I've written numerous times here that I think a house you live in is nothing but an expensive doodad.

hi arthur,I have before pictures, but the pee stains are very hard to detect. i do not have to replace the carpet and they ran the wet style vacuum on the carpet on numerous occasions. the discolorations though are still there. i charged them to repair a dark spot (left a bag of potatoes for a long time), but not for the pee stains.just wanted to see what everyone else does when tenants move out and the carpet has stains.

But big deal, many potential deals are lost for numerous reasons every day.

The changes I have made are numerous, one of the most important.Deciding to pick ONE strategy,and mastering it, making a comittment to become exceptional in the my field.

I've read countless books, taken several courses, listened to numerous CDs, been to club meetings and now I feel it's time to dive in.

You could disclose it on the HUD, place it as a fee on the Buyer side(short facilitation fee is perfectly okay) and likely be okay.

I have had to email/phone/leave voicemails repeatedly to get traction on deals that i have been interested in.There have been numerous occasions when even a courtesy response was not provided to let me know that another member was already working on a house or the house was already under contract(and no, the Quest tool still indicated that the house was available for members).It seems like the organization does not feel the need to send even a courtesy response if a property is no longer available for LS members .

Angela, use the search bar in the top right and you will find numerous threads with hundreds of opinions on this.

When I do get a tenant, do I have to do anything to facilitate getting their utilities turned on -- or does the tenant take care of all that themselves?

If the deal is good enough you should have numerous buyers.I will caution you though, if some new wholesaler in my area wanted to learn the business I wouldn't ever give them good information.