Sometimes, depending on the appraiser or the lending institution it's not.Comps are merely a quick snapshot of comparables in the area without making adjustments for age, seller contributions, conditions of comparables.

I was merely asking what seemed to be a stupid question to figure out what you were trying to ask bigger pockets, because it sure didn't make any sense what you had originally asked.

If you wish to have ownership rights beyond mere possession, you will need to find a way to acquire marketable title.

I've had several hearings go smoothly and my clients received reasonable reductions right away, even without an arms length sale or testimony from an appraiser, merely by relying on homeowners testimony and an unadjusted list of comparable sales data.

Of course, if you can get both with merely a couple months of delay of the new job, with no risk of losing the opportunity, you should go for both.

I don't know if it'd work, but the tenant would no longer be a tenant, but would have equity participation and would have a different standing than a mere tenant.

When you find a buyer to take your place you are merely assigning the contract to them.

Not jumping into the market mere months before the crash would have completely changed my life......  

Since I have no major renovations underway at the moment, I've been curious about how far one needs to get from the GTA these days for property prices to drop from ridiculous to merely très chère.  

Thanks for breaking that down for us mere mortals