@James BuchananI am a newbie and do not have tons of experience so take my comments with a grain of salt. 

It's looks like a 12 year old house From 2004 Staging won't hide that.And here's the issue you can't update it easily, It's going to run you probably $30K to repaint entire house and trim, spray all cabinets, retile all bathrooms and put quartz in kitchen and Baths and put in new appliances.

Just buy it and encapsulate with spray foam. 

I work for him now so take it with a grain of salt, but I started as a student with ZERO real estate experience, and continue to be a paying student.  

That's not too bad - they' could've kicked in all the drywall, ripped out the light fixtures, pulled out the sinks/toilets, spray-painted all the windows, poured concrete down the drains & super-glued the doors shut.

I'm in the Salt Lake area and here purchase prices make it tough to find good deals so I can sympathize. 

The reason for the threat was that I had accused his girlfriend of stuffing a piece of spray foam back in the hole I had cut it out of weeks earlier, after they had complained it was blocking the gas shut-off for the stove. why they were concerned about the shut-off cannot be explained other than looking for something to harass me with.

Sounds like you could rent a rig and spray it yourself.  

Freezing, salt and snow plows tear up roads - warm weather hits and issues are addressed. 

Hi All,Hope you had a happy holiday.  Does anyone have any recommendations on a good accountant to use to handle both my real estate, LLC and personal taxes?  I'm using QuickBooks online right now.Thanks!Alan Walker