Joe's brother-in-law buying Joe's house at a short sale would be a huge red flag for fraud.I think the biggest arrow in your quiver is #1, and your most probable path to success is to order a fresh appraisal with a fresh opinion of value, and once it comes back go to your (or the end-lender's) appraisal department (not the AMC, the lender's internal folks) and argue that the new appraisal is more credible than the previous one because of #1 ("if the appraiser didn't even go to the comps for a quick drive-by photo, who knows what else he didn't even actually do?")

If he moves out and leaves damage to the property, a fresh coat of paint won't help you too much.Personally, I'd treat "Joe the Painter" completely independently from "Joe the Tenant".  

Rent out your nice, freshly remodeled house for $1400. 

But, typically I've noticed many of the residential buyers base their purchase on their needs and can let their emotions get the best of them.Both require you to act in the best interest of your client, but there is much more black and white on the commercial side where numbers really drive investment sales pricing and can be influenced by micro and macro economic factors.If I were fresh out of college and living at home I'd get started on the commercial sales side.

Thanks for the information, I'm not behind on my mortgage payments but I'm looking for a way to sell my home for the minimum of the loan payoff amount and with any luck (and a prayer) I'm looking to move out of the area we're in and start fresh well sorta.

We are both fresh out of high school and work full time jobs.

I send thousands of letters each month, and the source I use for data is a division of first American Title called Core Logic (or RealQuest).There are obviously many ways to get data, but in my years in this business I have found that Core Logic really is the industry standard for real estate mailer data for all types of real estate.The first thing I like about Core Logic is that the data is usually amazingly fresh, and they even tell you how old it is before pulling it.

I know that that would not be legal where I am, for a variety of reasons, not even for the 5% fresh air, nor the above ground feet, nor the fact its not on the CO).

The greys ferry shopping mall is getting better now with a fresh grocer going in, but in the neighborhoods not much commercial is around there

I am fresh out of college and began my career and a teacher this year.