Listing PriceI often hear people say that you have to have not only the recent sales prices for comparison purposes, but also the recent listing prices as well.

If you are charging more (you probably should) then you can explain to me as an investor what extra value you are providing in comparison to a typical title search.

Not a bad book for someone starting out, definitely gives you a basis for comparison.

Even if the material only inspires you to do something different that could be good enough.In comparison to what most people watch on TV I would not be all that concerned about many of the seminar folks.

Also, you might consider properties that require less intensive management, what I mean is apartments require a very intensive management in comparison to shopping centers or office property.

It's simply another alt-f4 that I have to hit in sequence of key strokes needed to get where I want to go.

There are too many factors that go into why one property is higher than the next, and it isn't always a reflection of what the property is actually worth.In your situation, I would look at the different properties in the neighborhood to see what their tax values are for comparison sake, but that's about it.

Zillow compiles their data from several different sources, and it is not always the most accurate data.Good to know--I figured as much, but the comparisons _I_ had made here--Zillow vs what the agent had said,-- were the same, just the agent had given me much more, and zillow didn't have it.

There is the Sales Comparison Approach which is based on similar recent sales, the Cost Approach which is based on a value of the land and the cost to replace the existing improvements minus depreciation, and the Income Approach which is based on market rents and a Gross Rent Multiplier which is detemined through market research.Your other statement that banks will appraise the property right around the sale price even if the price is 200 and it's worth 500 is really disturbing.

But the real money started rolling once I snowballed my mortgages and started whacking the off in sequence.