Pine still looks good but not as luxery as oak and its softer and scratches more easily.Other factor is it needs patched in a few places where wall/doorway was moved and heat registers moved.Is a pergo laminate oak floor better than pine?

Ditto for me -- I did a custom tile install for a duplex that originally had inserts that had broken apart and were patched together with silicon and bubble gum.

If integrity of subfloor is such that extra support is needed, I would cut out bad area and patch in new subfloor.

Had a rough patch during the middle of the market collapse.

My partner who did the door knocking always had either Fresh Salmon Smoked Salmon or Elk Jerky at the ready for a door gift. then if he landed a big patch of timber or was working on one say 1mbf or better that owner got to go fishing on his RAnch on the Oregon coast and that sealed the deal 99% of the time.I can't imagine though door knocking in the iffy neighborhoods If your trying to buy low value assets I would think that is pretty dangerous...

And then just to ice the cake, he has a family ranch on the Trask river on the coast of ORegon that gets a huge salmon and STeelhead run and he is one of the best fishermen I have ever met. so if it was a big patch say 500 to 2 mil MBF  he would take the landowner fishing and that sealed the deal every time.  

I'm going to be 31 next month.Here is my life in a nut shell:Middle School: Self employed "Strawberry Picker", woke up early every morning, had my mother drop me at the berry patch picked quart after quart of berries, took them home, washed them, and then sold them to the Senior Citizens in old age homes.

It's the seller saying "let me patch this up and if something goes wrong you own it now...bye-bye"If it's at the end of it's life cycle or heading that way a smart buyer will demand complete replacement.Showing that you have a new roof with proper drainage at the roof and taking water away from the house eases buyers minds about water infiltration.

There was one large, obvious patch in the ceiling that was ugly as sin.The outside of the home was OK.

If you decide to do a patch job and plan to own the home long term it's likely at some point you will be facing this problem again.