How do you make a final decision?

None of the Mechanical permits has had a final inspection however he did start the process of obtaining the Permit and now needs the Fire and Housing inspections to be completed.

This information will never show up in a report, but could move the needle on the final number the appraiser comes to.Your best bet is to go through the report with a fine tooth comb and figure out whether or not the appraiser came to a legitimate conclusion based on the information available.  

He could rent for a while in Loveland before he makes a final decision on whether to sell in Fort Collins, and what to buy in Loveland.Personally, I would go the route others suggested and keep the Fort Collins house as the rental, and use a HELOC or other assets to buy his new home in Loveland. 

Then, when the systems are fixed and we have achieved operational marks (e.g. for RE rentals have the property place in service and rented), we add the asset to a finance tranche.

I'm not a finance person but if you bought the home with little money down, the 20% you didn't have to come up with along with the primary residence interest rate you have should be considered.    

Then you can concentrate on the remaining candidates and use a finer filter.

;Roth IRA funds are not subject to requirement minimum distributions (RMDs);The fair market value (FMV) of assets held in a self-directed IRA is reported on form 5498;The fair market value of assets held in a solo 401k are reported on Form 5500-EZ;At termination, the solo 401k is required to file a final Form 5500-EZ and 1099-R; andAt termination, the self-directed IRA is only required to file a form 1099-R.

Just a final update: I ended up going with option (2) and refinancing the property for $290,000.

As a final note I own and invest in MH's, stick built, commercial and ag land and do reasonably well in those arena's.