If yes, Goodbye.Any animals or pets? 

I love animals however, accidents happen and therefore no pets in our rentals.

But hate to open the whole 'service animal' issue 

I even had some that got jobs as lawyers and continued to stay for several more years after graduation.If you can market directly to the grad students, then you can avoid the undergrads, which are horrible high-maintenance noisy party-animals - except the undergrad engineering students, in my experience.Grad students are smart, resourceful, and reasonable to deal with in my experience for the most part.  

that the comps you found are a whole different animal, as they are located in a 55+ community with HOA and other fees that is not the case with this house.I just hope you don't decline/buy a deal with such due diligence Thanks again and i apologize if i am to blunt but this nothing personal all business :) 

The carpet is odor-stained with animal urine and needs to be replaced.

Is there any water infiltration anywhere or insects/animals living in it.Are you looking at $100,000 in repairs and up keep over the next couple of years or has the house been well maintained and up dated as needed.

One of my initial questions on my CL ad is 'how many animals?'

Have an animal policy with criteria in place (I say animal because pets in California are evolving into assistive, therapy and service animals at a breakneck pace.

These animals are not considered pets and this is a protected status.