But your flights to and from are.

Big ticket items including roof updated within past few years.

-they have plenty of cash to spend because Cleveland is so "cheap," but they won't buy flights to come see it for a weekend. 

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Book a flight and come visit!

It is a direct flight from SFO, OAK or SJC.

They could only write a ticket to the tax department.

You don't care about cosmetic defects -- you want to know about the big ticket budget-killer items. 

If you have time to make your friend an offer, then book a flight two weeks from now and fly out for a couple of days to check the houses out.

i only overlooked one big ticket item - basement water remediation for 8k.