The county's tax assessed value should have no bearing on the appraisal.

@Steven Hamilton IIBill Gulley THANK YOU so much guys, I always learn a lot here.One more question if I may, is it risky to use "market value" based on government property tax assessment as opposed to hiring an appraisal?

rent due on 1st; late fee assessed on 3rd; Notice to quite/vacate filed on 5th ... unless they contact you prior to rent being due and you arrive at an acceptable arrangement.

I am going to dig a little deeper to get more information.I based my assessment on the market cap rates and price per door.

And what they do is put them into their own "Credit Repair" program (which from what I can tell is just producing a series of letters to Credit Agencies as well as probably other tactics involving "positive credit" which is a conversation for another day)...but is my assessment on Rent-To-Own Correct?

When I search through the DC real property assessment database I discovered that alot of the vacant homeowners have $10,000+ in back taxes.

Appraised (assessed, you really mean) property tax value is worthless for determining market value.

You don't want to be surprised with a special assessment because the roof needs to be replaced and they have no reserves.

Is that the tax assessment?

-I've been reading a lot on here about how to handle security deposits when it comes time to assess damage and determine what is normal wear and tear and what is "damage" that can be charged against the security deposit.