If one is a smoker and both are borderline hoarders that screams $$$ to me.

I was screaming at my computer screen when the bidding was up to $25,000 a few weeks ago on an HOA foreclosure that had a mortgage for WAAAAYYYY more than the property was worth.

It'll be a regional bank doing them for a loss to build karma, or to check Community Reinvestment Act boxes, that sort of stuff... still kicking and screaming, but they'll do it, they have some incentive other than making a buck on that particular loan (they won't). 

It seems like everyone wants to look at the $100k ARV house they bought for $70k and scream "look at the $30k in profit".

It screams DIY instead of rehabbed and ready.

Unless I'm missing something this thing screams sell - get the money off the table and repeat with tax free dollars.

I find it a little more reasonable than the ones that scream impending doom, saying a crash worse than '08 is imminent.

We could consider this after a few years of owning it.There is just something about that house that is screaming, "don't sell me, rent me!".

Your attorney may be able to twist their arm as well.If this were a screaming deal with lots of value add opportunities, I might still do it but I would not be happy. 

What screams a good deal?