The ambition is great to scale fast, but you can treat the smaller deals as practice as you learn to scale. 

A house is always valued and appraised using residential practices which uses comparable sales.

@Chris SeveneyI do want to minimize liability considering I intended to have multiple properties under one LLC capped at 10 just because somewhere along the line I was told this is good practice.

@James Sedano If you feel this strongly in favor of having the trust, I would recommend a firm who specializes in estate law or has a practice group who does rather than a generalist.

A qualified professional appraiser will generate a comprehensive analysis considering factors such as sales comparisons, highest and best use, market conditions, and income generated following Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice guidelines.

I hold and practice real estate out of Texas.

And, if you think about it, having electric in only one spot isn't very practical. 

The use of a flat fee for higher-value properties is a common practice and can be beneficial in ensuring transparency and predictability in transaction costs.

It tightened up the system and made it harder to file those frivolous claims.I’ve been in real estate here for over 20 years, and while the storms are no joke, it's those past practices that really drove insurers out and drove rates up.

Changing whole buildings over isn't always practical (or prudent) and we will be running buildings profitably with galvanized pipes in the walls for the rest of my career.