The good news is that the smell doesn't last forever with time and effort.With two equal applicants, we will always choose the non smoker. 

If neighborhood class is important and you are planning on investing any significant amount of money, then its worth having boots on the ground to see, smell, and feel the area.

You can always tell a lot via body language and face to face interactions you won't get from emails or phone calls or Google searches.  

I've heard of out-of-staters paying $40k for a cleanup after a body removal and that probably was not factored into their spreadsheet when they purchased.

Like so many topics in the building/housing space, there are two valid sides to all of these coins, and finding where equilibrium is between those sides is a very difficult job for our governing bodies.

I see how hard a lot of my colleagues work, even in their 60s, and I want to start investing soon, so I don't have to work grueling overnight shifts when my body won't have as much strength in 20-30 years like it does now.  

I smell a refi in your pipeline a year or so from now, remember this isn't a home loan, so "two years of tax returns showing a profit" is NOT a hard/fast rule at all to get the best terms.

The specific height has to be composed with the area and body of water.

They just might not be licensed, might not be ethical, usually don’t answer to a broker or a regulatory body (unless they are licensed) and use a different sales process where the EM typically goes hard earlier in the transaction and the buyer is on their own with fewer contingencies and less time to do their due diligence.

I use the property myself and I don't want my own dog smelling other animals;2.