Also, the order of lien goes by date recorded, not the date on the loan decks necessarily.

Trex composite deck is substituted with Douglas Fir, use laminated or engineered wood not solid. 

If it is a simple case of not pulling a permit on a new deck built in a backyard and the company says they did pull one, those two things are minor.  

Also has nice shed, roomy front deck and stairs off back door.

HOA property regulations too, many places require you to do all sorts of things you wouldn't think of, like make sure your deck is primed at all times, or perhaps your not allowed to build a deck at all!

Replaced floors (probably pergo) There are some rotted boards on the deck, and a huge chunk of wall that was taken out in one of the upstairs rooms.

We did 90% of the work ourselves and that also included new windows, new decks and stairs.

He did fix the damage but deck has shifted due to Ike, and needs a quote to fix it.

That's the magazine I believe Jon is referring to, and they say for a wood deck replacement, the average cost(in New England, not sure about your area) is just over 10k and you should see about 70% of that recouped.

You might also look into mulch. 99% of flips are going to look better with new turf in the front yard.o Deck/porch.