For newly constructed, purchased or renovated properties and also retroactive generally over the last 10 years, building components are properly classified into individual units of property and accurate recovery periods for computing depreciation deductions.

They understand the areas the best, and appraisals usually are more accurate.

With such a huge variation in price we are wanting to find out the most accurate way to determine the true price.  

Yardi's Advanced Budgeting and Forecasting module is wonderful and tends to be more accurate because it builds its forecast on all of your historical data. 

@Richard Benjamin WilhiteRecommend exploring as many sources as possible to get referrals AND cross-reference them to get as much accurate information as possible.Check out NARPM.com, BP’s Property Manager Finder (BiggerPockets: The Real Estate Investing Social Network), etc.Also, encourage you to learn from the mistakes of others - by reading posts here on BiggerPockets about owners not having their expectations met by their current Property Management Company.

If you jump into something before doing this - you're highly likely to get taken advantage of, or at best waste your time & money.Can't help with a coach:(Do recommend investing close to home if you can and then screen the heck out of PMCs with your expectations & goals to hire a good one.Recommend exploring as many sources as possible to get referrals AND cross-reference them to get as much accurate information as possible.Check out NARPM.com, BP’s Property Manager Finder (BiggerPockets: The Real Estate Investing Social Network), etc.Also, encourage you to learn from the mistakes of others - by reading posts here on BiggerPockets about owners not having their expectations met by their current Property Management Company.

I would advise taking these with a grain of salt because some can overpromise, but if you ask them to show you the data behind the projections this can also be a way to accurately project what your returns will be.

If they did open it up like that...it would allow thousands and thousands of people to get VA loans but it doesn't seem to be accurate.

If the software is not simplifying your life or making you more accurate, you shouldn't use it.

IT'S CALLED NEGOTIATING 3)  FOLLOW MY EXAMPLE VERBATIM AND YOU WILL PROBABLY NOT EVEN LOOK AT A FSBO AGAINEXAMPLE:  YOU FIND A PROPERTY THAT CANNOT BE FINANCED BY FHA, NEEDS WORK, US VACANT AND IS BEING SOLD "AS IS" AS WELL AS PRICE IS PER SQFT IS LESS THAN THE MEDIAN PRICE YOU FOUND.IN THIS EXAMPLE YOU FOUND A PROPERTY FOR $100,000  YOU RUN IT THROUGH A QUICK AND DIRTY COMP SEARCH (IF YOU DON'T HAVE MLS- USE BIGGER POCKETS  CALCULATOR FOR ARV (IT'S PRETTY ACCURATE AND NOT TOO FAR OFF) - JUST DON'T USE ZILLOW OR TRULIA OR EVEN REDFINS- USE BIGGER POCKETS ARV CALC AND/OR THIS SITE THAT ALSO HAS A FREE ARV CALCULATOR CALL REIKIT--- I NOTICED THAT EITHER TWO SITES HAVE ARV VERY SIMILAR AND NOT TOO FAR OFF FROM THE MLS--- WAY MORE REALISTIC THAN ZILLOW, TRULIA ETC INFLATED ARV'S!!!!