If a bank tries to file an insurance claim for a loss the MI company will deny or reduce the claim if they feel the bank did not follow protocol in trying to extract as close to market value as possible when liquidating the non-performing asset.Same thing when lenders seek judgments against borrowers.

It would be great to be able to extract some cash flow from the property so I can put it towards a second dedicated investment.

What I am reading in your post is that he/she felt the need to have a sale that has the same physical feature to make a reasonable comparison and that is not necessarily true; the contribution of this--and virtually any--item can be extracted from the market from the above-noted methods as well as others.Do not confuse what I am about to say, I'm not taking sides, but the problem may be with the appraiser's knowledge of his client (the bank) and its underwriting standards.

As an investment strategy, I think I'd rather be the guy coming along a few years behind someone doing what you're describing, acquiring the actual owner's interest for peanuts, then seeing what I could extract from you.....sounds like a better play.

IT IS 1/3 THE COST BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY IF YOUR FUTURE TENANTS EVER DESTROY A PIECE, AND THEY WILL, EACH PIECE OF THIS GLUE DOWN VINYL PLANK VARIETY CAN BE EXTRACTED STRAIGHT UP WITHOUT DISRUPTING THE REMAINDER OF THE FLOOR.

Does anyone have any idea how to extract ROI out of energy efficiency in a rental?

Let's say you have enough cash to do that (once) but you want to be able extract some of that cash to use on a future property, too.

Envisioning having a selection of postcard or print information templates available to choose from that are fitting to the type of information that was extracted from the phone call. 

I know sometimes Brandon was adjusting some of the questions because the ones by default were not relevant but were too specific to the guest to extract a common info from all of them.

The only means of acceptable proof, is to hire a company from a list they provided - an approved list - to come and extract a soil sample before digging, and another soil sample BEFORE backfilling.