"In a small town on the South Coast of France, the holiday season is in full swing, but it is raining so there is not too much business taking place.Everyone is heavily in debt.Luckily, a rich Russian tourist arrives in the foyer of the small local hotel.

I actually highlight the heavily damaged areas the most, again, just so they know.The last thing I want is a potential buyer driving 1 1/2 hours, and saying, "Well if we knew this, we wouldnt have driven out."

If your talking about the building I think you are talking about appraisers will heavily weigh the value of this property on the sales price of comparable buildings as well as the rents that said comparable buildings are receiving. 

As Grant Cardone said about those heavily democrat states "If only they realized their own BS"PS: you forgot to add that it rains 360 days/year in Seattle. 

Other factors such as credit and ability to pay will also weigh heavily in obtaining any waiver or variance.

Thankfully I listened to him, and while it felt crazy to get heavily leveraged, the buys have made sense and I’m watching rates rise and starting understand what he was talking about.

You'll then end up repairing damage caused by the fixes.If I fixed the house up into 'salable' condition, without fixing the foundation, I'd be about 45 grand in on it total, so I don't mind just selling it heavily discounted rather than fixing the foundation issue and then possibly STILL not being able to sell it because of the previous damage the foundation issues have done to the flooring, plus it would have to be disclosed and that might turn a buyer off, even if there is a guarantee on it.Is this house on a slab or on a perimeter foundation?

It might be useful, however I doubt if relying heavily on it will afford an opportunity if it's too low.

Being out of state means I rely heavily, at least initially, upon the agents/brokers/contractors/etc existing reputation in that area.

I'm living in Medellin, and have been networking heavily with other real estate investors down here.