I came here to find productive ideas and creative solutions, so if all I do is complain about what I already know, throw darts at me until I shut up and start asking good questions that get me back towards a cash flow existence. 

I was almost ready to purchase a SFR as my primary home, but the previous resident had smoked in it constantly and the smell just wouldn't go away even with high levels of cleaning solutions and other remedies to get rid of the smoke.  

We have patience, solutions and money. 

His solution is for me to entirely replace the sink AND the cabinets that it sits on.

Karen,You might want to check out Custom Homebuilders Solution.

I raise capital from institutional investors to provide project financing solutions to developers/builders in the Greater Toronto Area in the form of equity, mortgages, and/or subordinated debt. 

This could be a good solution, but is highly dependent on a lot of things, especially the investor who you would sell the property to.

Marc M. you have a few solutions available. 1) flip it and not worry about it.

Simply put, I design and implement technical solutions for oil and gas organizations.Currently, I am employed by a major oil and gas company for about 15 years, however, not so certain about the longevity of my career in this field due to incredibly low oil prices.

The solution advocated by many BP posters would have us simply increase our management fee percentage to cover the cost of managing maintenance.