The biggest obstacle to overcome by far, is not so much that you need to find clients (although believe me, that's also difficult and is a constant effort until you're able to rely on referrals from past clients), but the customers you interact with need to trust you with their largest asset as a seller, and for one of the largest purchases they will make in their lives as a buyer. 

Need neighborhood to be safe and not too difficult to rent out.

It's difficult to say exactly how much central heating/cooling will add to the value of your property.

@Michael Smythe  I am trying my best here but your lack of understanding of how insurance works is making my job more difficult :) The certificate I shared is evidence of a GL policy that insures my construction business first and foremost.

This is what makes a loan officers job difficult -- estimating the third party fees from the beginning (they will get actual costs once in process).Hope this helps!

Sounds like a hard money lender that wants to take a property from you when you default.There's a lot of issues here starting with a guy that will loan you money and once it gets difficult wants you to abandon ship- red flag.There are a lot of unknowns here but trying to dump it seems like a 100% guarantee to lose money.

You see, intermittent sewer stench coming up in a bathroom is notoriously difficult to pin down.

Partners can be difficult.

This either implies there are significant barriers making it difficult to replicate this opportunity or is being acquired at a significant discount, which is it?

I'm going to present some of my ideas (they've worked for me and others I know) and then open up this thread to others who have had success in getting their properties to appraise in this market...which can often be very difficult...