A separate appraisal (Uniform Residential Appraisal Report) may be required to determine the as-is value.

I pay the lunch bill for any service person in uniform.

Anyone who feels entitled loves it (and they have the votes), and like any entitlement it's damn hard to get rid of.Other than simply not investing in socialist areas I don't really know how to prepare for that.Oh, and another thought: if I was a politician looking to raise tax revenues, I'd focus my efforts on a group that doesn't have much political clout and that is almost uniformly hated: the EVIL RICH LANDLORDS.

It works in a pretty culturally uniform country like Jerusalem that is under the constant threat of imminent attack by neighboring countries, but not here....

Sometimes when I feel I want to buy a new hat or a new pair of shoes and I alk out our front yard gate and going down the street to get to the market which is about a 15 minute walk from our house, a neighbor pops out to greet me and tells me they cannot afford to buy their kid a new schools uniform this year, not problem I pull out my money and tell them,"here go buy your kid a new school uniform" .

One thing that seems to be uniform through out all my readings and studying is how important it is to set your criteria for what you want in a property and stick to it.

.#3 USPAP (Uniform Standards of the Professional Appraisal Practice) is the rule book which all appraisers must follow.

Example: costs associated with buying uniform items.

Obviously prices don't increase uniformly each year, some years the price may go up, some years it may go down, but if we track the prices long enough, by definition the price will trend to the average unless there are outside factors involved (Detroit collapsing, or the shifting demographics away from the midwest and towards the coastal and southern regions). 

@Jeremy Anan You're best bet it to call the Fire Marshall's office to get clarification based on the uniform fire code.