That might work but it needs multiple coats and plenty of curing time between coats and before using or else it will chip right off the second it's used heavily.Cameron

What I mean by that is continuing to feed the pot with a bad hand using the rationalization you have a lot of chips in there already that you would lose if you folded...and that would be completely wrong.Poker is a lot like REI in this regard. 

That's right, houses in every direction.Make your offer with what you are comfortable with and let the chips fall where they may.

Find out more about the property being condemned because if he is going to lose it all together then you can certainly use that as a bargaining chip.

I'm wondering if i can use the fact that the property is in the floodplain as a bargaining chip since i would think a floodplain home would be harder to sell to the average homeowner.  

But when spmeone comes up to me with a chip on his shoulder, well then my reaction will be defensive.  

I did hear from a few flippers in my city that the workers from Lowe’s/Home Depot would pick any materials whether it looked good/bad/chipped/cracked.

Analyze and optimize your personal finances, and invest in less capital intensive vehicles (index funds, blue chip dividend stocks, bonds) to save up for a bigger down payment.

During the severe chip recession of the 1980s, for example, we had instructions from top management to accept all orders over variable cost.

However, I feel like the sooner I start, the better, as some of the savings from house hacking (other than creating a rainy day fund for house repairs, of course) can be used to chip away at our student loan burden.