Hopefull Bill Gulley will chime in here to shed some light

I have owned a landscaping company for the past 3.5 years, and have grown it to net around 40k for 2013.

I purchased this property about 30% below market value as the seller was ‘highly motivated’ and will put another estimated 10k into the property by redoing the floors throughout the entire house, painting all the walls, updating the bathrooms, changing out the entry doors, light fixtures, and finishing the laundry room.

Your right Roy the abuse button is below our comment posts/beneath the "Quote" button...it is just hard to see since it doesn't show up until you place your cursor near it and it is light gray.

The advantage was that it was less destructive to the landscaping.

Can anyone shed some light?

Simply pressing your fingers firmly on the baseboard or lightly tapping with the back end of a screwdriver will sometimes cause the wood to "cave in" if termites have been active.

Just an update on this house.I went and looked at the house yesterday and had my agent give me real numbers $110k ARV, $950-$1100 rentShort version: I gently offered $70k, they declined and said they would hang on to it and keep trying.My evaluation:Seems like a nice neighborhood alot of older people, and decent incomes (assuming based of the vehicles in the driveways and landscaping)First thing I noticed as I pulled up was the house was an ugly color and inconveniently narrow driveway lolThe inside was actually very nice the kitchen was all new, (everything was cheap materials i.e. vinyl "tile" floor, formica countertops, nice big cabinets but no hardware) But the original hardwood throughout the rest of the house was very nice, bathroom looked new but again cheaper materials.

I already replaced the lap siding with vinyl, new garage and driveway and some landscaping and just the other day installed interior draintile and roughed in for a basement bathroom.

Brian thank you for the reply. his father started a successful landscaping supply business 40 years ago, and now he runs it.