It’s a frustrating, obsolete process that’s totally unnecessary but it’s the best these banks came up with to avoid fraudulent values.

But I sure like how Tesla does it.. buy a car on line and never talk to anyone about finance  TEsla would make the finance manager job obsolete. and maybe that is where car dealerships will end up going they will all start to model Tesla super cool way to buy a car.  

The slow boat in the fleet right now is appraisals, which have been swamped by demand and delayed by obsolete covid guidelines that they are still milking. 

Any decision you make today will be obsolete a year from now (just look back at the last one we had!

Humidity levels in basement is high at 64%A/C was 40 years of age, not functionalSigns of Ice damming on the garage sheathingFurnace is 19 years of age, unit didnot fire when turned on at the thermostatThe incoming 3-wire electrical systems is considered out of dateNo GFCI outlets anywhere (including in Garage)Walkway has cracking and settlementGarage floor, concrete has typical cracking and settlementBasement floor, has signs of cracking and settlementKnob and tube wiring in the home is considered obsolete and may pose an increased fire hazard.

Purchase price: $25,000 Cash invested: $300,000 Sale price: $715,000 We acquired several abandoned and functionally obsolete duplex buildings from our city's land bank authority.

If thats the case and you need to scale as much as you can, does this make d4d obsolete?

Real estate isn’t a technology that becomes obsolete.

In what world would you see that as a suitable return in exchange for your risk of offering 80% + leverage on something based on someone's W2 income coming from a job likely to be rendered obsolete at some point. 

Assume everything is obsolete unless a good appraisal identifies something in good shape.imho