If it is an easy job then sure, drop the permit application off the day you start demo but I don't know of anyone who would demo and submit 2 weeks later.

I've built a pretty easy to use model that I can share with you or BP has a great calculator.

It is easy to place a value at assessing that time. 

It's fairly easy to run my real estate business here and it's fairly easy to travel to warmer spots when I get sick of the cold.

Or should I just forget about even trying to evicting them, especially with kids I heard it can get messy (even though Paterson is said to be "sort-of" easy for eviction) and back-out of the deal, especially if the ceiling mess looks way worse than we thought (even though that was already considered a total gut-job) and since we put no deposit down, we technically have no loss (besides some damaged relationships w/ the broker)?

Just to use easy numbers, say the house is worth 200k, I have 100k equity, and a 50k HELOC.

And it's awfully easy with a land contract to create a document that is so tight to protect the buyer that it crosses the threshhold of "risk of loss passing" which means that even though the deed doesn't change all of the benefits and obligations of ownership go to the buyer. 

@Eric Bilderback, it might be a big mistake to rely on "all of the same assumptions", going forward.Yes, you've enjoyed great appreciation thanks to Banks making lending easy, (almost desperately), for lower and lower interest rates due to competitive forces.

Prices were always responsible and the local rep, Rich Regan, is very easy to work with.

We based our decision on that answer, and the answer to this question:  "How easy is this buyer to work with?"