Just make sure to develope a good story and reason for the high price.What if someone is online right now looking for a lime green gremlin....lol.People are motivated to buy based on emotion.

The amount of earnest money does not strenghten or weaken a contact to purchase property.

I pointed out that all of the deals that I talked about ended up being successes but not as big of a success as I had planned because of the troubles that I ran into.I summed up some of my learnings with the following rules to investing:[list]Never, never, never fall in love with a dealRemove emotion completely by focusing on the system and not the dealThe numbers ARE the numbers – don’t change them to make the deal workYou make your money when you BUY, you get the check when you sellMake LOTS of offers[/list:u]

A garden could add value to the land and provide an amenity for residents that increases their emotional connection to the property.

:wink: My advice:- Buy Real EstateInvestors need to make decisions based on research and numbers, leaving emotion behind!

I understand that this avenue is very stressful b/c the owners emotions are high.

If you are going to let the emotion of a personal story get to you (which I am not saying as an insult) and compromise your criteria, hire someone to fill the unit for you so the emotion is taken out of the equation.

She doesnt have much money or credit for that amount of a house at least or prob for any house at all.Its bringing up the emotions that you are kicking me to the curb etc since she built up this airbnb business that works for her  (( also have a reverse 1031 I am trying to get in the timelines for)

I don't know if cat pee is worse, but my manf. home had pee-saturated sub floor (so bad some parts later weakened & cracked.First coat of Kilz did wonders, 2nd coat completely sealed it (don't remember if it was oil or water based -- both are fantastic).

But I hadn't read or heard a lot about the emotional service animals.