The unit has been cleaned, but we can still smell the cat, and we feel the effects of the cat dander/urine. 

Some states have explored this in their body of law due to the recent foreclosure surge and some not so much.  

Or you  can mentor an able bodied person in real estate investing in trade for tile help. 

They'll smell that a mile away, but you'll at least get an idea.

It had a nasty smell and the basement was damp and mildewy.

this one smells bad

One of their points is that they will guide you on how to create credibility with HedgeFunds they currently do business with in order to get better quality notes that one can find via internet sites or servicers like fciexchange.com (does that smell like an upsell for the future?)

@Tyler McKendry I smell a deal that could take 2 years to rehab cost you a ton of money.

@Brian Gibbons I smelled a JV opportunity here and wanted an expert! 

While looking at other peoples analyzers is helpful in understanding what kind calculations you want to do and which inputs you can (and should) gather, nothing is going to help you understand the numbers like forcing yourself to figure out how to calculate them.As this is a numbers game, this is an advantage you will want to have.Understanding all the metrics will help you smell out the BS when some is trying to show you dodgy numbers.I have a very basic excel so far and even that has gotten me to the point that I can tell real estate agents to go do their homework.