If a lender hires an appraiser to appraise this house, he/she will certainly get it done...they can't just report back, "sorry, I couldn't find any comps".An appraiser usually starts with homes of similar size/age/construction/square footage within a half mile, and sold within the last six months.

Matthew Holman essentially if you own your house, and are over a certain age, you will get a monthly payment in exchange for the house upon your death.

Let us know if you have any questions. 18 is a great time to get started and I wish I had started when I was your age.

I know the exact number may depend on many factors such as age of building, quality of units and so on, but would be great to get people’s thoughts on where they shake out usually. 

@Brian Alterman   Many of the commercial lists are competitive and many are filled with aged data.  

In this age of Internet and public records and ease of access, It's very difficult to stay off the radar.Everybody leaves a digital footprint somewhere.Here are some basic tools I use to find people.Free first:Whitepages/anywho/zabasearch/Google is the most underrated tool to finding a person.

I can age my cabinets after I hang cabinet doors... 

My new goal as a 27 year old is to retire by 40, or at least be in a position to decide to not work on new projects for a stretch of six months to a year by that age.

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