This will help you from being to scattered.  

Appraisers usually don't care about dirty dishes, clothes scattered about or if they just ran the sweeper that day (but they do care about the condition of the carpet of course).Appraisers tend to be more conservative if they don't see the inside...but if the interior shows leaking roofs, damaged walls, out of date fixtures, incorrect outlets, flooring in disrepair, etc....then a Drive By may be best if your Lender approves it.Your lender may also have a reduced LTV based on the Appraisal Type, so make sure that they are not only OK with a drive by, but what "hits" will you be taking on the %LTV, Rate, etc. if any.To answer your questions though, Full Appraisals usually create higher valuations if your property is in good condition than Drive By.

AZREIA has monthly meetings and there are other smaller meetings scattered around the Valley.

Scattering them around will likely kill any possibility of descent cash flow due to the increased costs of management.

Still holding on to my best holdings with great cash flow-7 properties scattered in several states (Chicago, Indy, Memphis, Atlanta).Lastly, I did not do a 1031...but still paid no taxes on any gains due to being able to pool all my depreciation losses that carried over from year to year unused and applied to offset the gains in the sales of these properties.   

It looks like the city has a lot to offer, and the potential is decent (Gulfstream alone has 65 open job opportunities right now).The crime maps I've reviewed are pretty scattered, with safe and unsafe pockets intermixed (that is, there's no clear "safe/unsafe zone").

I'm like, scatter brain right now.

My properties are scattered across the province & are mainly commercial, but I do have a number of Residential units including some Airbnbs in The Valley.

Hey @Tris Rollins, my thoughts on your situation are probably scattered through my other posts on this thread, but I'll recap here.

Missing between 10-15 shingles scattered about.