Roofing contractor then proceeds to inflate his estimate working hard to extract as much as possible from the insurance carrier.

The fees are particularly expensive here in Canada and I will not touch it as an investor since its difficult to extract good cashflow from a condo, even the very affluent types in high income areas.

If I'm investing for appreciation then I have to refinance (at that new higher rate) to extract my capital.  

We typically are unable to extract all costs unless we get an assist with market appreciation. 

…If they want to extract him from Portugal, they have to charge him with a crime that is listed in Article II of the Treaty. 

Your "down payment" would be whatever equity you do not extract from the house.Does the $438 include taxes and insurance?  

This evening, a tenant of ours was notified by the police that a man they were pursuing had entered her home (our property).  He was of no relation to our tenant, just happened to be running through the neighborhood t...

I don't know of a service that provides this.The NAR and local state real estate commissions track certain data but it varies by state.One state can have 2 mls's for that state and another could have one for every other county.So with broad data is basically useless as you are trying to extract data in your local marketplace.You could track how many agents in the county by the REALTOR board but it would not include non-REALTORS.You can get tracking data from your local state commission but they charge you for it.What are you trying to do with this data??

The $4k of costs is certainly high for a SFR in this price range, but considering that you're extracting almost all of your investment, your ROI is still huge, so be glad you have access to CO money using your appraised value.

I can still do an extract for the acccountant.