If they are so low as to invite CONTEMPT in lieu of counters then you are wasting your time as well as the agents.Take a serious look at your offers.

I will try to answer most of your questionsOwning a duplex and living in one unit while renting out the other offers numerous tax advantages over owning and living in a single-family home.

In fact, where I am, it is an open invitation for it.

You are inviting trouble to allow such a big dog.

I searched the board, this question have been asked numerous times but never really answered.

The broker for the property, Brian Harp, BLH Property Management, has repeated ignored requests to return our $500 deposit and made numerous excuses for not sending it (been travelling, can't find papers, .....).

Numerous foreign companies and individuals own property and companies in the US.

He has numerous other examples of why a confluence of fortunate events, i.e., "luck", is a requirement for getting to a Steve Irwin type situation.

I invite any other REI's in the Phoenix area to contact me.

To determine whether or not this is a good deal depends on what you intend to do with the property and the condition.I have walked through numerous homes and written NFF on the sheet-meaning Not For Free!