But perhaps more importantly, since you insist on DIY......your title insurance co. didn't catch this, so I'm guessing you had no title search done.....that can be suicidal.....other than over due property taxes, there can be all kinds of issues you're not aware of.

NA Beard, Not trying to be argumentative or difficult but any experienced contractor who would even think about taking on a project like this for anything other than T&M would be committing suicide and could easily go broke and/or get their arses sued off not to mention the damage it would do to their reputation and credibility.

During demo, our guys found a possum skull (without the rest of the body) and a suicide note. 

Frankly, I think that's license suicide for brokers because I've seen lots of newbies really blow it on the accounting and trust funds side and the brokers come close to losing their licenses.  

Memorial Day - Hey Fellow Investors don't forget U.S. troops have made our lifestyle & livelihood possible.60 minutes recently covered the fact that 3 million men and women will have been at war in the MidEast for us but there are 22 suicides a day among them.

We buy and sell quite a few houses, I personally would not hesitate in buying fixing and selling it, unless everyone in town already "knew" it was "haunted".We dont knowingly buy houses where someone comitted suicide or has been murdered, but the ghosts, I suspect will leave when the old man leaves.I seriously doubt many rehabbers are going to worry about such a ghost story.

All that wealth so recently created being gobbled up by a very few survivors.People who don't see the silver lining and instead just dwell on the misery, are likely to either commit suicide or riot.

As they had a call stating someone was trying to commit suicide inside.

In real estate, you can ruin someone's life, get sued, go broke quickly, go to jail and some have had bad deals that was a tipping point to suicide. 

Is he committing financial suicide or making a smart financial decision?