Our team performs the repair (we are usually lower than other vendors) 2.

Easy to see why REI Nation is such a success as a company and has the track record of excellent performance for your clients.

But, a nicely designed and painted house with well thought-out accent walls, etc may subconsciously contribute to my higher classifying in quality and condition, which may somewhat influence value, but not necessarily significantly.Good luck!

In hind site I would have performed underwriting for a tear down and compared the two but suspect I would have gone with same decision because my underwriting on rehab was so off.  

However, many would argue that location has a direct bearing on the ability of an asset to perform.

In other words, even with a better rate of return, starting later can influence when you achieve the same end result.

And there's a ton of social media influencers pushing this fake narrative - rented cars, houses, jet interiors to take pictures/videos etc - some of them are pretty good at making it look real.

Never heard of a performance deed.Maybe have them sign a Quit Claim deed to you that your attorney holds in case they stop paying?

it doesn't cost a lot to put utilities and parking pads in or even entitle it or to purchase land. it's just a lot of work that no one wants to do. parks are hard to get approved but they are not expensive to develop. it's nothing but utilities and parking pads and an office. harder to finance too, but compared to apartment development or mixed use development it is one of the cheapest and highest performing assets because of reduced construction costs. 

I have performed this exercise a number of times using my own personal credit cards, and other lines of credit.