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Originally Posted by Sarlacc
The reality really sets in when you start going to the properties in person. Houses that look alright on paper and in pictures can turn out to be real disappointments. We turned down two places on smell alone. Both looked really good. One stank of cat piss, apparently it had seeped into the floor boards and walls in every room. The other reeked of mildew. Or do I mean mold? It had had water damage "fixed" with paint and wallpapers.
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The reverse of this is how we got our house so cheap. The owners parents had died and the son moved all their stuff into the one house. The pictures were horrifying. It was packed floor to ceiling with junk and furniture. In order to walk through you had to follow narrow paths. It had been on the market for 2 years since nobody could look past the mess to see just how good it really was. We got it for a song.