Reach out to a ton of contractors and filter out the ones you like best.

Of course, the wear and tear was through the roof and the water heater or HVAC never seemed to perform to his liking when it is summer and you have 14 breathing, walking talking 98.6F meat-sicles in the house warming it up.  

I'll bet the whole town is breathing the stuff.

Fabuloso, which comes in all sorts of colors/scents, placed in a bowl under the filter at the furnace should take care of the smoke odor. 

In general, I recommend fee-only, fiduciary CFP® Professionals - then, within that group, you can filter by those who specialize in real estate in general and exit strategies in particular.

A friend suggested setting the high school rating above 7 in the Redfin search engine, along with other filters, for my house search.

We can filter by executive title, business size by sales, location, SIC code, etc. 

You can set filters that allow you to narrow down which accounts you are looking at. 

Just filter the listings so you are only looking at in-person ones

Just because they are "X" doesn't mean they are good or bad....and those questions will help you filter through them easier.And hard money is temporary money.