Would that be enough for lotion pump Manufacturers you? Not enough of an explanation for me. I've been representing buyers and selling real estate in Boston since 2002 and I would never stop my investigation with "It just needs a paint job". If the woman has asthma its up to her Buyers Agent/Buyers ADVOCATE to look into it further. The guy who was posing as her buyers agent, like all brokers in Boston, knows that cigarette smoke rises and races right through these old townhouses built in the late 19th century.

In my building which is exactly like the one in question, if someone lights a cigarette in the basement it rises right through the building and I can smell it on the fourth floor in about 5 minutes. This happens in all these old buildings. Thats the reason we made ours a non-smoking building. We put a clause into the condo documents.

Allysa's agent knew this as anyone practicing real estate

in Boston for a number of years would.

Its so obvious! As an Accredited Buyers Agent, I would have started my investigation downstairs where the smokers live right away. If Allysa's so called buyers agent was thinking about buying this unit for himself you can be sure that the downstairs smokers would have been dealt with or no sale.

Bottom line is even if someone calls himself your buyers agent, it doesn't mean he really has your best interests at heart. In this case the pseudo-buyers agent just wanted to sell the woman some real estate.

Not even enough to ask a couple of questions put to the smokers themselves? Not even enough to ask a few questions of the trustees? Not even enough to take a look at the condominium documents to see if there are any rules regarding smoking?