Apparently, the house was hit by a car and compromised its integrity so it was demolished.I'm looking at simply flipping the land and was wondering what I should have done before listing it.

Seller was unrealistic and unwilling to compromise on price, terms, anything so I walked and I believe it still hasn’t sold. 

I still won, though with a small bit of compromise to let her stay for another week or so. 

Then taking care of it.Just to be clear for posterity, the floor isn't meaningfully compromised and the rail has a little give.

Most sellers appreciate the effort of me reducing their expensive costs, and I believe it reflects well on the whole transaction as people are more amenable to compromise when they feel they are being treated fairly. 

If that is her dream area and you can't afford to buy; buying something elsewhere to increase your income...and have a tenant pay down the mortgage on the rental, is a good compromise. 

Appraisal costs paid directly to an appraiser, and perhaps a nominal credit check fee, are the only exception.2) Don’t overpay for a property, compromise your expected returns, or ever feel desperate to do a deal.

So, we see people compromising on their underwriting simply to make the deal work on paper.I live in Dallas and love the market here, but so does everyone else.

Negotiate with the seller by discussing the needed repairs to come to a fair compromise to make the bad deal a fair deal.

But the tenant was prone to using spray chlorine & one of those green scrubbing pads to clean the counter tops & the use of a cutting board would have helped prevent compromising the surface.