It is a textbook so be prepared for the textbook-style teaching methodology.

I haven't, but I've been playing with David Allen's Getting Things Done methodology.

The link I provided has the charts and methodology used to derive those numbers and how the author defines "real value."

This unit is heated by this ancient combination stove/furnace thing, which is the apparent cause.

HouseMiners.com actually employs a Nobel Prize winning methodology to calculate the so-called home-buying barrier price.

By that methodology, your price to rehab both scenarios would be the same which is ridiculous at best.I am a rehabber as well and I can tell you that the ONLY way to estimate yoru costs is to have the knowledge and experience necessary to know what specific items cost so that you can plug THOSE numbers in, not some GENERIC formula.

The key is to come up with an accepted methodology, explain it, and stick to it.

Methodology 1: Discounting to Get (12%) YieldScenario 1: 30-year amortization, 8% interest

By sales comps, the "ancient" past of 2007 is completely irrelevant.

In my opinion, with short sales, there are many other factors to consider and the least of which is DOM.Some people prefer the shotgun approach where multiple offers are submitted with little or no methodology.