@Marc Woodward...burn it down...just sayin'alternatively, get it repaired enough to rent to a tenant that covers your mortgage payment....sit on it an do repairs as you can...should be a sweet equity position in 10-years!

Some agents probably just got burned from some dishonest people a time or too and it left a bad taste.

Generally speaking, you'll still pay as much to demo, as hauling off the debris is the expensive part (and it's unlikely the fire department will do that for you)...The benefit is that you may get a tax benefit by donating the house to the jurisdiction for use -- of course, it will depend on whether it is "safe" to burn the house down for training purposes or not. 

Figure out what you want to do with the funds before you start to ask people for them or you won't have much credibility and may burn your best options.

I've actually developed a fear from reading BP in the nightmare of getting rid of an unwanted squatting tenant that won't pay rent, but the process in getting them out is horrible.

Burn the bridges, accelerator to the floor, brakes permanently cut.  

Frankenstein house with burned out crack house across the street. 

HI @Robert Burns,We have a realtor in my area that has a weekly show, they display houses and do have a good number of viewers.

I said I would be interested in buying them if he would owner finance (I am currently trying to do a flip and don't want to burn up all my cash).  

I chose to forgo my interests in real estate a couple of years ago and chose respiratory therapy and I am now burned out.