No harm, no foul . . . hopefully we'll get another wave in the near future!

This is the dilemna; I'm a non-smoker, but the daughter smokes and the odor gets into my place, and I smell the constant stink of cigarette smoke, and it really bothers me even though I've tried to cover it up with incense.

Mitch, the carpet idea makes sense. i was thinking about that, but we tell them that we dont want people to walk on the carpet, that's why it's not changed. we tell them about it, just like that, that we dont want people to mess it up, and they nod in agreement and say "it makes sense"..it looks good, just has odor to it. maybe i can just change it and put plastic where people can walk on it.there's no space for a dishwasher.. it's not a large kitchen, not much of an option, in my opinion. maybe that's a drawback (but can't be the reason with the singles)here's the link, take a look at the pictures - http://onpointrentals.com/index.php?

Marginal dollars are worth less as wealth increases and you are less able to recover from foul-ups as you age.

Lynn,The title of your post says "their" as in agents in the plural sense.Never in my post did I say anything about you.I posted real world experience on how things operate.There is a real world difference of how things "should" operate and how actually things "do" operate.Buyers can say how unfair buying REO's is and they get beat out etc. and cry foul OR accept that the world is unfair and figure out how to get their share of the deals.If you buy multiple properties it helps versus a one off.An REO broker is not going to want to tick off an investor that buys 20 properties a year from them just to give you a deal where you buy one time.

It is definitely a process, involving a very thorough cleaning of all affected surfaces to get as much of the odor out as possible.

It could also be insufficient draft, but this is usually accompanied by the odor in the room when combustion occurs which you didnt mention, and with a three story flue isnt likely.The cleaning and thermocouple replacement is simple.

I purchased a house that had horrible odors.

I think I may have committed a foul by posting those numbers.

A factory 1,000 feet away may become noise pollution, have odor issues or traffic and parking can be an issue.