The interior was dirty, paint had dripped all over the fireplace.

The surround sound and TV above the fireplace is a deal breaker for a lot of women.

I'm still sleeping with the window open every night and have a fireplace chimney with no damper.  

You should pick comps based on the numbers (sq footage, beds, baths, #fireplaces, deck, #garage stalls)Stay within +/- 800 sf. and then adjust for $25 per sq ft difference for any above ground sf.  

You'll also need to hire someone to create as-built drawings for your house (so you can show square footage, locations of smoke alarms, fireplaces, how many beds, etc. and same for your property to show setbacks, easements, parking, locations of trash cans, etc., which you will need to submit to the county with your application.

Most of them were right in line, but one board member owns a nice 1660 square foot brick home with 2 car garage and a fireplace, and his appraised value is 44k. 

The old buildings have wood floors, fireplaces, big porches, and I like the proximity to downtown.....but 100k up front is pretty steep, and I really think the ARV for residential properties in that areas tops out around $300K. 

We renovated the fireplace and bought all new windows and sliders. 

Yea, that's the pilot light for the fireplace dipstick. 

Ours had a permit but we still had some issues with getting past the code due to new restrictions on fire places and string lights (nothing crazy).Side note, I stayed at an Airbnb in dripping springs this weekend.