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I'm in the hudson valley and the same houses have been on the market for ages.  

If they fail in either job, they've got to go, now, like moldy fruit or stinky fish.As for the structural part, you can learn a lot about what repair, how to get it repaired and how to deal with handymen and contractors.

Hasn't been too fruitful.

That higher price being made as compensation for the intrinsic values of the deal That means part of that intrinsic value is in the note and as a mortgage is thereby secured by the overpriced property, so you have your intrinsic valued attached or secured by the property.No, I don't mix my fruit, it's that I'm 6 steps ahead.

Look for agents that do.

they take the value of the land, which they determine from land sales, add what it costs to build the building, and deduct the "depreciation" (ie adjust for age and market conditions) An example of non- age depreciation would be having a silo on a farm where all the local farmers have changed their system to bunk storage) Ie the Silo may have cost $20K to build, and it may be brand new, but the cost to operate it is much higher than using a skidsteer to drive through the barn with scooped up cow food.I digress,So that's the tax assessment process, but all the tax assessors is worried about is the value of your property RELATIVE to other properties that they are taxing.

Just trying to plan ahead :).Thanks, Dan Dietz I wrote a couple articles that might help about the above that pertain to conventional financing but at the end of the day it depends on what time of financing you're looking for.Conventional lenders and normal residential lenders use debt to income as a measure to qualify while commercial and portfolio lenders use debt service ratio.10 Best Practices in 1-4 Unit Investing for Agency/Conv.

Appraising is harder to get into too, hours are required under an appraiser need to be fulfilled before you're on your own.I'd say agents can make more faster.Best to talk to local appraisers and agents if you want to train in either, you could be an agent and then move to appraising, a natural progression.As to investing, an appraiser has an edge, you do realize that RE school for agents is usually the first part of the appraisal avenue.....:)

Think there is lower hanging fruit for them, at least that is my hope.