I'm NOT in agreement that only inexperienced agents do it, so take that statement with a grain of salt.  

If you are looking to house hack a multi, you can't really spray NJ as a whole.

Hello,I've received a call from my tenants said that they have ants in their dishwasher, they told me: "because their neighbor tenants who live next door spray something, thus the ants came to their place".

@CHRIS SIBERRY I haven't done my first deal as of yet, so take my advice with a grain of salt.

they get the write off. ( which of course we need.. like you said that goes away and that spells trouble. )  salt is already bad enough for high priced markets. 

Obviously take this with a grain of salt (or liquor or whatever) but you can build, or re-build, at LOT of house for $175K.  

If it snows overnight and stops, no big deal, it should be a one time plow and salt charge.  

Lawns cut, paint in decent shape, most buildings with windows intact and class-C type cars parked in the roads.If I were investing in D-Town (and I don't because it doesn't fit my criteria) I would try to get the COUNTIES to TAX Spray Paint at the wholesale level.

I went and sprayed them but I wanted to hear what everyone thought. 

Quote from @Adam Pervez: A larger earnest money deposit may indicate you are a serious buyer, but any real estate agent worth their salt knows the deposit is fully refundable for a variety of reasons, so the size doesn't really matter.