I don't want the guy that will show up in a uniform.

Go find the Uniform Residential Loan Application from ~45 days ago when you first started this process (in your initial disclosures packet).

Similar language can be found in the Uniform Plumbing Code under section 608.3."

[FYI- The township of Bloomfield, NJ Uniform Construction Code: 149-8 has a lengthy document on construction fees & 149-3 has more info on Certificate of Habitability (Occupancy) fees].   

There will not be a uniform number and there are a lot of variables before one can give a concise answer but at what percentage is reasonable for the bank to indulge in a short sale?

I can assure you, the contracts are going to be garbage, eye wash and marketing ploys, you can't circumvent uniform contract law, laws of agency, intent and ability to perform as a wholesaler as the gurus teach it! 

Now, it's that the houses are completely on the verge of collapse, and listing agents are accepting retail non-203k non-FNMAHomeStyle offers with quick closes, and then getting upset that they aren't closing fast due to the condition of the collateral, because they've deluded themselves into thinking that "hot market" somehow means that the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice and Fannie Mae property standards (not FHA, Fannie Mae) have gone out the window.

The appraisal is actually a set of guidelines that the loan/note investor sets up to determine value in their eyes so that they can reduce their risk when deciding value for the purposes of obtaining a loan.This "value," is different than the going price in the market right now.There are a uniform set of appraisal practices for which appraisers have to abide by.

I trimmed out all windows with larger trim, to look uniform and give eye appeal. 

A significant number of the pictures (starting with 2 and 3, and including ALL the bathroom pics) can be improved with better attention to camera positioning. 2 and 3 serve nearly no purpose other than to show this is a LARGE house with uniform flooring and great natural light.