The worst stench I've ever inhaled in my life.

I know that not having to split a large commission can affect how fast your offer gets ratified and even if other contracts/showings occur.Anyway, in the worst buyer's market ever I got my best deal.

Fortunately, this is the worst it's gotten at this point.My lease says rent is due the 1st of the month with late monies acruing after that.Also, during the course of this topic, I have been able to get ahold of the tenant and came in today to pay what is owed.

The worst thing a person, who's seeking partners, can do is be defensive when asked about their project.

Consider using part of your windfall on a SFR that you are going to live in, preferably the worst house in the best neighborhood, fix it up while you live there, sell it when the market appreciates and take your gains up to 250K if you're single tax free if you hold the house for 2 years.

Seems to me you're saying you'll buy it 3k, pay 15k to bring it up and have about 1,500 or so in closing and back taxes, worst case, that's 19,500 for a property that rents for 900 a month?

We had to clean brick.The ceiling for smokers is the worst.

Don't feel bad about failing the first time.Some of the best brokers/agents I know failed the first time.When I went and took the test in 2004 the class was multiple choice in GA.I passed that one and then went on to the state test.In class most of the questions are on the state level but then the state test has national questions as well.So I would go to Barnes and Noble and read the AMP(applied measurement professional) book on national questions and it really helped.In my state we have online and in class.In class is usually better as the instructor can explain answers and concepts plus previous students tell what kinds of questions were on their tests as the questions always change.Here is how I take multiple choice tests.Go through the questions one by one and answer the ones I am only 100% sure about.Then go back and start reviewing the other questions.You will now notice that by answering the first questions you knew you have no eliminated some of the choices of other questions.So If I had it between A,and B and B was eliminated from another answer I knew the question to I know A is the answer.Then lastly I would get down to a few instead of A,B,C,D and choosing one and having a 25% chance I have gotten it down to C,D and now have a 50% chance of getting it right.Doing it this way I went through the test 2 to 3 times and only ended up making an educated guess on a few.You don't want to spend too much time on one question as you will get flustered and every answer will start running together.There were people going to the agent state test that had failed 2 to 3 times already on the state test.I passed the first time since it was multiple choice.In my state when I took the brokers test years later it was MUCH harder.With my luck the brokers test used to be just multiple choice like the state with a few questions added.The year I took it they had just changed it completely.Now it was a complex modeling test.You had read long paragraphs of situations and you had 4 choices.There was not an correct and incorrect choice.Instead there were weighted choices.So you would have ones answer being the worst is -2 to the best +2 and in some questions you problem would have 4 parts to it each with 4 choices before moving to the next.Had really crazy crap in there you would never encounter.I prayed the whole time I passed that one.They didn't give you a score just a pass or fail and I passed.That was one of the hardest test I had taken as it was all judgement based on being the head broker.

What's the biggest 'deal burner'? Terrible technical conditions? Bad smell? Crazy neighbours?

Rent rolls, five year financial statements with best and worst case scenarios, and so on.