My perception of risk can be different from the next person.

Hall space is wasted and costs as much to build, but a buyer's perception is a smaller house because they look at the useable space.

I'm a little skidish about it since my perception is that a lot of areas are "d" areas…maybe more problems for an owner than worth a "good" deal.

Dont trust you perception of those little paper card samples.

Residential vacancy ~2% in my area in Richmond.But my question is less about potential for appreciation, and more about how the headline index numbers impact consumer sentiment, consumer spending, and perhaps skewing people's perception about the movement in real estate prices..

My perception is there is not a lot of demand for homeowner properties below that.

However; it depends on your perception, because even in a highly populated area, there are still smaller niches where you can be the big fish.I'm with @J.

Of course the perception comes down to the delivery of the message.

You're under no obligation to bring it up to their perception of any degree of craftsmanship, but their work is to be customary for repairs in the industry.Might be able to have this as a DIY, point tucking and fixing cracks, no idea how bad it is.Might ask how much it would be to strip it, another DIY project, and reside it with something else. :)

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