If they have, chances are you are wasting your money.5) If you use a call center or an answering service, try calling the number you are sending out to see what your prospective seller is hearing.

My offer is going to be too low - I'm just wasting everyone's time.

I have a 2,500SF full gut SFR going in with 6 bathrooms, we are looking for someone to handle plumbing for the whole house, including running the waste lines out to the sewer and upgrading to 4".  

You will not get the right answer here you will only get opinions on options which I believe you already know.Go to school, don't waste your time on school, learn a trade you can transfer to real estate, become an agent, etc. etc. 

Co, unlike natural gas is odorless which makes it undetectable by smell.

The solution was to put in two large cisterns where the water could collect and receded naturally...which I found out caused the basement of house on the end of the block to collapse in on itself. 

Owner may live 2-12 more years..SO its a lease option, but I can't excersise the option until the owner passes.I am just checking to see if anyone has experience with a deal of this nature that I may learn from...

We are a bunch of lawyers and, therefore, analytical and conservative by nature.  

I am guilty over the years of drawing a line in the sand also, and in retrospect, from the viewpoint of decades later, I was wasting time, emotional energy, and relationships. 

So, a lot of money is wasted that could have been used for savings for eventually buying.In some cases, the excess rent is used towards the purchase, but the renter still has to qualify for a mortgage.