This is the dilemna; I'm a non-smoker, but the daughter smokes and the odor gets into my place, and I smell the constant stink of cigarette smoke, and it really bothers me even though I've tried to cover it up with incense.

The buyers probably are all cash and most properties go for pretty cheap anyway.Personally I would not plan on buying anything at this auction unless I had all cash and it was a smoking deal.

Or, smoking hot girls, lol.

And then some of the odd actions taken, which appear as smoke screens, like the fed's instituting a new way to calculate CPI that does not factor in 1/2 of the true mass market factors, so to appear that there is little to no inflation.

I had a tenant tell me they only wanted to pay 600 a month when rent is 850.They said they will move.I said that is fine with me.250 times 12 is 3,000 a year in lost market rent.So if I took a tenant at 600 times 12 is 7,200.Instead I have a tenant at 850 times 12 is 10,200.So I can have it vacant for almost 4 months and be at the same point.Plus the past tenant has a judgment and I will have a company garnishing their wages for me.Another item to consider is the cost to get it re-rented.If the tenant has lived there a long time then fix up costs will be high compared to a newer tenant you have to get out unless they had animals,smoked,etc.Once you file eviction on the tenants most likely they will not pay anything as they are saving to move and go somewhere else.The down side of a vacant unit is vandalism and crime,more maintenance,and worrying about busted pipes etc.Hope it helps.

Put that in your spreadsheet and smoke it!

There is no reason why a wholesaler shouldn't accept a refundable deposit based on a satisfactory inspection, especially since you know THEY purchased the property with a refundable deposit and inspection period.Of course, if the deal is really that smoking hot, then another investor will pick it up without asking for an inspection.

Reduce gov't waste, legalize drugs, and make sure those who are receiving welfare are not using it to pay for cable TV, cigarettes, and iphones.

Regardless, if your worst problem is that you make $2,300 less on a smoking deal... that's not so bad.

Smoking, alcohol or social media (twitter and facebook)?