You're wasting hours of your time driving and walking around stores looking for the right lights to fit in your project when you should be looking for more deals.2.

The house, if listed to sell, would likely be in the $320k range.

I wouldnt want to sell unless I needed the funds for something else .But it doesnt hurt to ask them if they want to sell 

Investment Info:

Townhouse fix & flip investment.

Purchase price: $260,000

Cash invested: $120,000

Sale price: $535,000

Complete gut, new front and rear walls, all new electric, HVAC, plumbin...

An auto body shop across the street that "stores" cars needing work there.Since abandoning the home, major landscaping would also be needed to clean up the walkway to the water.

Assuming your property is in Utah (like your profile indicates), here's the state law from a basic internet search:In Utah, a tenant who abandons a rental property without notice is liable for the lesser of the following: The rent remaining on the leaseThe rent plus the difference between the fair rental value and the agreed-upon rentThe cost to restore the property to its original conditionThe landlord can also remove the tenant's belongings and sell them if the tenant doesn't claim them within a reasonable time.

Most hosts have a closet where they store extra supplies, so yes it's very important o have a locked supply closet.Hope this helps!

It is slowly rotting and needs significant repairs to get it prepared to sell to a typical home buyer for a primary residence.

Try being an agent, your phone number is EVERYWHERE and you get targeted by a whole industry that wants to sell you the latest gimmick.Here is what helped me.I answer calls and when it's a telemarketer I will interrupt them and say very friendly (because I don't hate the poor person who gets paid to do this and coached to be ruthless): Hey, so glad you called, can you do me a big favor? 

They are always leased here even for the corporate stations where they have a convenience store, a Popeyes or the like and a car wash.