(They are doing the BRRRR method it appears).  

One of the positive side effects of having a banking system dominated by 5 players with coast to coast coverage of Canada is that we have had universal, simple and affordable electronic payment methods for 20years ... tenants have had the ability to pay rent via e-mail for over a decade.While we still accept post-dated cheques and cash payments for rent, we have begun to charge extra for those methods of payment (because the bank charges us extra to process them).  

Ive just been researching any and all methods, and applying them to fit our current situations.

Where we do survey always is when I was in the Timber business.. we always ran cut lines.. the old method was to use BLAZE's .. but you cut a tree that's not yours and its triple stumpage and if its federal timber its a federal bust... many a logger have seen jail time for stealing FED timber.

Hello @Darnell Alston,The comp adjustments are determined using valuation methods that include paired sales analysis, regression analysis, and cost-depreciated figures (there are many more).

If you do the BRRRR method that is so often talked about here anything is possible.Considering Chicago, you won't find anything for $120k all in in a B class neighborhood.

Scraping with the spud scraper mentioned above is one method or you can rent a power scrapper or scarifier and get it done quick.

I am looking into house hacking for my first deal, but my goal is to start obtaining properties for the BRRRR method and to fix and flip.Thanks in advance,William

Does your county have a method for protesting the property tax or the value of the house they are assessing the tax against?

@Mike McCarthy I think I'm going to suggest your 2x2 method.