Just give her a chance to go on with her life without major loss for her side.

I'd say it was a plus, but won't show up for much on the appraisal due to lack of comps, the down side.The pool heater should be outside or in a seperate area, if the pump goes out the water won't circulate, the heater has no water and it turns into a fire box.....had a total loss on my collateral that way.If someone didn't want it, it could be filled and turn the place into a media room.

Seller shall maintain insurance covering usual perils insured under a HO-3 policy and agree to assign any loss insured required by either contract elected by buyer.5.

My thoughts on the fire damage part of it is to find out what the insurance company settled for on just the fire damage, not any contents or loss of use.

If she is leaving on the 16th and you have a security deposit, you might just chalk it up to a loss.

IMO, Stay in a market where you won't be hating life if it goes wrong until you have the experience to know exactly what could go wrong and how likely it is (or the income to cover a major loss) Near as I can see, even if you did pull this off, you're not bringing much to the table.

My feeling is in the long run I will be saving more money not having to deal with turn over, a probable $300 tenant placement fee and loss rent while finding another tenant.

With the demand low and inventory high, sellers will eventually have to cut their loss and begin whittling down the asking prices.

I asked if they'd waive the cash donation if my tax benefit were less than $15K (for example, I'm in a low marginal bracket, I had itemized deduction phase-out, I had too many carry-forward losses, etc), and the answer was no.

Say one investor bought at the 1% rule but no investor will buy unless its 2% ( very common) then they will sell for a loss ..