Hi @Joe Scheffold, you mentioned in the headline that this is a short sale but I don't see that referenced in your body.

That roadmap, as of right now, is outlined.Learn - Keep FTJ (Full Time Job)Books, podcasts, BP, peopleFTJ and PTJ options: Go back into being a residential handyman and contractorWholesale - Keep FTJRamp up Wholesaling, possibly until either quitting or finding a PTJ to offset Wholesaling goal - raise capital to flip laterPlataeu Wholesaling, ramp up Flipping while ramping down WholesalingPlataeu Flipping, ramp up Buy-and-HoldLong Term Goal: rental portfolio with extra capital to invest in othersMy motivation does include swinging hammers (I love the physical work), but I recognize that won't be where I need to put myself to make money past the short-term (and my body won't be able to do that forever).

Tear off the existing weight install.

We deploy 7 categories of criteria which each have a weighted value.

That said, let's talk about the alleged sticking points: a heated drive in a colder climate is DEFINITELY attractive (...says my aging but stubborn snow-shoveling body in New England.)

Also I can understand having debt to family can be weight on the shoulders and stressful.

If you are not paying rent then doing that and carrying your own weight at home will relieve some of their stress. 

So my question to anybody out there is how much weight would a new HVAC have on the appraisal vs a used HVAC? 

The liability is too many "sticks," all the balusters that create a very cluttered look, as well as obstructing half of the lower story windows.So first, let's replace all those sticks with a material that is less visually obtrusive, emulates the architecture, is far more updated and hip, and affordable.https://youtu.be/SPKgdEqnR3QYou could also do a slightly more designed baluster at the second-floor front-facing landings to celebrate those entries and add interest.Wrap approx. the bottom third (or 36" to the railing) of the second-floor posts with 1x to give them more visual weight, and create a very simple capital at the top.At the very base of the stairs (ground level), create two simple but very LARGE newel posts, and if at ALL possible, cap each with a very clean-lined light fixture.

If you bury the body deep enough, you probably won't get caught." hahaha.