But no one would ever ever ever buy a home in that neighborhood for $75,000 it's purely a function of what it would cost to rebuild and has nothing to do with the appraised value which is $50,000 tops.

Not necessarily splitting up, but just take a look what vacant lots are selling for in your area, which seems to be quite a bit.What I mean is that both of your properties/lots together might be worth quite a bit more to a builder, than your 3-family home would be income wise.You might find a builder, who'd be willing to pay +300K for these 2 combined and honor the new leases, while he/she gets all the permits in order.

I get the combination smoke/CO detectors in one unit; if battery-only powered, I get the units that have a 10 year battery and warranty these days.A level of 500 is more like 100 times normal; in a house where I have a CO detector with digital readout and peak level memory, it never got above 9 over many years of service.Sounds like some of that work was not done to code; the code enforcement inspector could be called in to do what they do.

I took everything apart again, and retested everything, capped A, turn B on, capped B, turned A on, hot only, cold only, combination...no leak.

Texas for example requires an escrow fund.Two loan servicers that have been around a long time that service consumer accounts including mortgages and contracts are Green Tree Servicing LLC affiliated with the Walter Investment Management Company that also has servicing functions.

But if you have that in you, gain the knowledge you need perhaps with a combination of apprenticeship (perhaps working in a rental management company, possibly as a realtor with another realtor as your guide - choose who you take advice from wisely though) and some slightly more formal education at a community college.

Many factors play into determining value, not many comps would have such a facility, the style as adapted to the home is considered, the functional utility as a residence may be less as well.I'd first call your zoning people and see if 5 or 6 kids requires a zoning variance.Having daycare services or other business activities in a residence is possible with conventional loans, but you can cross the line depending on the perceived liabilities of a business, any significant modifications to a property, public access and other aspects can cause financing issues.

Finding the value is accomplished through the functions of the appraisal process, more to comparable sales and the income produced.

AppFolio doesn't have all the functionality we are looking for and others don't either.Thank you,Julie

It does all the accountant functions behind the scene.