Expect to pay about $5-7/sy for mid-grade nylon carpet, about $1.80/sy for 8 pound pad and about $4.50/sy for installation these days...Let me know if you want a reference for a supplier...

The 200 pound gorilla is BlackRock Real estate investment trust (BREIT). 

If I'm the seller and comps seem to justify my price, I'm going to tell you to pound sand and either deal with it or I'll find someone else.Most of the time, it's in the bank's best interest to give a slightly lower appraisal as it helps to minimize the bank's risk. 

Steven, your state has the toughest laws regarding unlicensed activity... the issue is for whatever reason the guru's have pounded it into folks heads that if you have no money this is the quickest way to get money.you see it everyday on BP...

If they’ve been stored, make sure you know where they are and that they’re in good shape.Look in storage areas to make sure no trash or unwanted items remain.

I once learned from a neighbor that the previous owners walked away from a rehab because of serious foundation problems that wouldn't have been apparent, but would have broken the bank if I had bought it.Keep pounding the pavement.  

SAMPLE LETTERS**IF YOU HAVE A REAL ESTATE LICENSE*Dear Senator [name];My name is Vena Jones-Cox and I am a life-long resident of Cincinnati.I am writing you to encourage you to vote NO on HR 1728, the "Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act".While many of the provisions of the act are positive steps toward mortgage reform, the inclusion of private owners in the act (see section 101(3)(e)) will enormously reduce the housing choice of Ohioans and the ability of home owners to sell properties in this already-slow market.As a real estate broker, I have seen several dozen cases in the past year of home sellers and buyers coming to an agreement for an installment sale on a property that the owner desperately needed to sell (often to avoid foreclosure) and the buyer desperately wanted to buy, but could not raise the downpayment needed for conventional financing.In all cases, these sales turned out to be win-win deals for the buyer and seller; the seller was able to get rid of an unwanted property to a buyer who loved it, and the buyer was able to get his new home at an affordable payment and interest rates with none of the usual costs (points, application fees etc) inherent in more conventional mortgage transactions.In Ohio, these transactions are already regulated by state law: a low maximum interest rate is already in place, and both the buyer and seller are protected by other regulations at the state level.In defense of private property rights, owners should be exempted from the burdensome and unnecessary rules that this law foists upon them.

Was he selling a few ounces to his buddies, caught with a pound and was technically dealing or was he actually selling large amounts?

We gave our washer and dryer to a friend on loan for the year and instead I have my laundry done for me at 99 cents per pound.

Like Michelle Na posted, if they really valued anything there, they would have taken it with them when they left in the first place.If you have been a landlord for long enough, you know that tenants always leave unwanted stuff behind - whether it is to downsize, or move less stuff with them, or to have somebody else toss the unwanted stuff into the trash.