The junior lienholder would have to agree to accept the offered funds, and are not compelled by any government body to do so.

Now, I'm off to figure out how to clean up all the roach mess/droppings/dead bodies. 

If you show it now, the prospects will see a dirty house and it will smell like the current guy.

Remember, your house will look and smell like her current residence within 3 months of her moving in.  

@Tyler Bodi Hey Tyler.

The smell fades over time but getting the residue off the walls exponentially speeds up the process.Fires aren't that common, and I have had little experience with them.

Hi BP,I have a friend of mine bought a land through tax foreclosure auction...he bought it without doing any due diligence ahead of time, anyways he found out its a very small lot and worth nothing if he is trying to sell.The appraisal value is $12k and he paid a bit less but no body would buy such lot on the market...somebody told him to donate the land to the city or the county or some sort of organization that helps people and file it on his tax return as deduction. my questions are: 1- Any suggestions who to target to donate the land 2- If he donated the land can he file it as a loss or deduct it from his tax refund at the end of the year...he is entitled to pay some capital gain taxes on other properties he sold so this deduction will definitely help.3- If point 2 is doable will he be able to file based on the appraisal value $12k?

I've been to many fire damaged properties, and aside from the physical damage caused by fire, you have the smell of smoke to deal with, and that may include the contents, cabinets, walls, floor, window frames, etc. 

This is my first time painting so I'm not sure how well 1 coat of Kilz will seal the smell or wood paneling color. 

I'm at the point where I realize that my body can't handle this kind of labor (50-80 hrs wk) for another twenty years and have always had an interest in real estate.