The thing that really scared me was they told me after one of the hurricanes their condo assessed them about 100K.

They eat cash flow and the powers that be can yank renting privileges and give special assessments pretty much at will.  

Assess the claim of damages2.

Then I used our county property assessment website to view nearby property values based upon the actual sale price, date and property description (i.e.

Make sure you perform the right due-diligence on the next project and do your risk assessment. 

They rely solely on the end buyer to assess all of that for them.  

Also I got comps from the MLS and I was able to put a value on the property for about double the amount the county assessed it for.

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The other Triangle area people are correct in their assessment that what little duplex inventory there is, it is typically very old, not well maintained and in the less desirable parts of town.  

Does that affect your assessment?