If it's the entire floor, depending on the type of wood, it can be a project :) If it's a soft wood like pine... oy.

Is there any sites better than Zillow or Eppraisal to do soft comps and find out home values before I run full CMA?

You need to consider what I call the "hard" and "soft" numbers.The 'hard' numbers are what I consider fixed costs and expenses (property tax, insurance, HOA, property management) and any debt service.The 'soft' numbers are more subjective and investors debate what these should be.

Which is like a trowel, but it has a thick piece of soft rubber and then a thin piece of stiffer rubber.

Typically when a note investor is doing JV deals each deal is separate and how the investor accounts for regular overhead (filing taxes, lost opportunities etc many miss how to budget).With a fund there are a lot of soft costs involved (accounting/book keeping, legal, fund creation, lost opportunity)....

I know I'm going a bit soft due to xmas coming and being a caring person. 

Hard and soft.

If you spend a little more and put in better flooring on the steps it can enhance the look in the entire house, and since it doesn’t take a tremendous amount of carpet to do the steps – it’s a semi-cheap way to drastically improve the look of the home or apartment.If your bedrooms are going to be for families – their preference is usually a frieze (soft carpet), or if it’s someone older and has a more difficult time getting around the preference is usually a low pile carpet (Berber, patterned etc.).

Make sure that the “soft” side of the operation makes sense: potential rent, local market and demographics, local crime rate, tenant quality, etc.

The one exception I have experienced is when the seller is a vet and has a soft spot for another.