Can I pull out the carpet and lay self leveling compound on top of that 1” something?

Compounding interest is the 8th wonder of the world.1 and 2 are pretty easy, but you want to be smart about it!

I would think any reasonable methodology would be acceptable, or at least defensible.  

In your defense...PPC is expensive, and RVM is cheap.It is easy for me to talk because I get free leads.

I feel like my process for evaluating applicants is both fair and defensible in court and I hope and expect that it will protect me in the relatively unlikely event that I face a discrimination lawsuit.

., education, healthcare, defense), population growth, desirability, affordability, favorable weather and landlord/tenant laws).

We can talk about problems, we can even discuss the fact there are solutions, but in touting solutions, we are held to a higher standard that the average person opining something that may or may not be correct.To provide "complete details" might take days of work to transfer pages and pages of material, and there is always the danger that someone could misunderstand or misjudge the importance of some point, and end up in trouble and then blame me for their problem in the form of a lawsuit or even a defense with regulators.

Not to mention, now it's your offer, no defense for you later on and the seller will have imputed tax rates with the IRS with a 0 rate interest charge.

Note that the statute contains no significant defenses for well-meaning sellers who thought they were giving the buyer a good deal, even if the whole arrangement was the buyer's idea in the first place.Accordingly, the risks to an investor of engaging in executory contracts have nearly eliminated their use in the residential context."

Somewhat surprisingly, when I explained that the comps for a similarly-fabulous home were about $15K below what they had in mind, they were not defensive.