You will also find that estate sales are the product of foreclosures, divorces, and other undesirable events that may take place.

Clear as mud?

-I'll have to screen out all the scammers and undesirable candidates (plan to avoid craigslist)-I'll have to show properties-candidates using a Realtor won't be able to contact me since I'm not a Realtor and don't want to be.

In Park City we call it Mud season, when the snow isn't gone yet and the mountain bike trails aren't dry yet. 

I was listening to the BP podcast today and @Brandon Turner said something that I think everyone should absorb twice - he said "I don't worry too much about it because I'm willing to crawl through mud to fix a plumbing pipe or dig ditches."

Unlike John I do have undesired instant bookings though that I cancel.

If it's REALLY off season (like April in Colo. mountains, aka "mud season") then we'll allow mid-week in advance. 5.

Things like carpet that wear out and need cleaning between renters are undesirable.

Also, zoom out far enough to make sure the home doesn't back up to something "undesirable." 

I think there is a balance on how you ask or present these questions....when you think about it there are probably 100 standard questions you could ask them, that they won't know the answer to....it's just our every business....items that are legal, that are important or vital to the transaction, but they've never thought about and when they do they understand why they need to hire you to sell and walk them thru the entire deal.....I mean what homeowner knows about septic disclosures, or PID, PUDs, MUDs, or lake level disclosures....or what happens if the buyer just never closes....what are their remedies, now that they have a contract...can they as the selller back out or is it only the buyer that can terminate?