I've lived abroad for a decade and negotiating is a part of daily life; from buying vegetables at the market to a new washing machine.

That depends on hills and vegetation.  

I went and seen it today. 1/4 of the rear fascia is gone, some of the soffit has vegetation growing on it, the shingles looks “okay”, the wood under the shingles are planks, the crawl space in the attic is very small, the air handler will more than likely need to be replaced, because of mold concerns I would budget for the duct work as well, but I would wait for the a/c guy to look at it.

Surrounded by fresh produce from vegetable and fruit farms - famous for their Pueblo Chilies. 

We renovated the front and back yards to put in a new lawn, irrigation system, vegetation, and privacy fences.

The rental I have is about 1200 sq ft-one level and I have one for the whole place.Like you, I have furnaces in my home (and another rental in a colder area) and prefer those.for the mini split, you need to keep the outside free of vegetation and change the filters.

A vegetable garden all dead, with 10 extra yards of dirt that had to be removed.

They appreciated from my purchase price of $79K each to $312K each within 18 months of my purchase and that was just the empty lots alone without building plans or any further development other than a one time clean up of the lots to prevent a possible fire hazard from vegetation on the lots and having to cut one or two old trees down and hauled away.

All the new vegetated roof are on flat roofs.

Kind of like with children....if you ask a child to eat his vegetables, most will put up a fight.