Here are some images of the problem areas - what do you guys think?

My first broker was a successful young man who portrayed an image of success very well; he had multiple million dollar listings, had his initials stitched into the cuffs of his dress shirts, owned a nice car, boat, and a helicopter, .

Oh well, I can bring the image up over the next 6 months or so.Really though, I'm trying to get an idea of what to expect the actual long-term maintenance expense is going to be, assuming that I've already taken care of any deferred maintenance.$300/mo?

It is hand applied but not difficult to do and it is a very random texture so it is easily repaired.

I picked a random date of 3/22/2010, and on that day, there were 21 courthouse foreclosures filed.I would expect the number of Short Sale (TAM) opportunities, today, to be practically zero.

i agree, i don't think it's anyone's business, but to give real estate investors a slightly better image, i'd at least like the sellers to know that the 50,000 they think i'm making is really double what i actually made in profits.

So here are some random thoughts on the subject.

If I randomly buy a share in GM, Ford, IBM, or anyone else, why do I somehow have a bigger right to dictate anything about that company than the management or employees?

FHA Appraisals are not assigned randomly, like conventional and VA loans are.

I'm trying to just practice making estimates by looking at images of rundown houses online.