Can you shed any light on some of the things you suggested ?

Hope that sheds some light on things.

They look over the property in detail, identify what has to be fixed and break it down for each structure (for us, house, detached garage, well house, and shed) and for each surface (roof and each side). 

There is no garage; there's simply a small shed on either side of the Duplex in the back yard.

Jon, thanks for shedding more light on the reality of this one.

Originally posted by Just Don:small is a relative term,I just saw an ad for 254 sq. ft house advertised at $175,000 LOL, was this a shed??

These folks usually get all excited about sbu2's and other "creative practices, many being shady at best and some out right illegal.I am usually fairly private but recently I have shed some light into my experience as well as finances over the last several years.My experience is that I made over a million in RE in the last 8 years and thats chump change by my demographics and standards.I ended up buying properties at 50-60% of FMV and these properties tripled in value over a 5 year period.

I have to get rid of a storage shed as well.The market value of the houses around it range from 34K-47KWhat should I do next?

Ask them if they can shed some light on the bill for you.

It's a 3bd/1ba house w/ a carport and small shed in the backyard.