This tends to eliminate appraiser incompetence and requires adherence to guidelines set by the Appraisal Institute.  

Set your goals, take a conservative approach, trust the data, and if it doesn’t make sense, don’t do it.

I move this case to Trial, date set of 9:30 AM two weeks from today. 

Each hurricane red tagged about 50% of the houses on the beach and had to be rebuilt set back from the beach.  

Banks can set the margin but in most cases you will see WSJ Prime +1%.

.- Also found terrible policies that owners had, that they didn't understand.4) Utilities: We check that all utilities are properly set up and cofirm or enroll in any Auto-Transfer of Service programs to avoid no heat during winter leading to frozen pipes.- Dealing with a very upset new owner client right now that previous PMC didn't handle the water account properly.

You can even set-up an in person meeting or go down in-person.

So, I would absolutely do one to start setting the expectation.

Quote from @Karina Busch: Now that I know that Quartz/Granite is more affordable I will check into it for our next reno coming up, but laminate has been really durable for us in our last 2 personal homes as well.Also, you can set hot stuff on granite (at least briefly) whereas with a basic laminate you will leave marks...

Looking into the STR market, i would suggest a couple things to include into your property search. 1) the STR market is very saturated here so look for something unique or offer unique amenities to your guests, this will help your property stand out 2) different set of rules for properties located within city limits vs without i.e. outside city limits doesn’t require a permit which the city is cracking down on the amount of STRs on any given street or neighborhood 3) HOA is a big deterrence as a lot of HOAs don’t want any rentals of less than 30 days so an in depth search into covenants and by laws would be doing your due diligence.