Feel that to value properties in LA, traditional standard valuation techniques and methodologies do not apply (evidence of a bubble and overinflated prices by the way - euphoria).

Find out who made it and what their building methodologies were.

You get to communicate with so many people with different way of doing things and it reall helps dial in your own methodology for the process. 

To impute a more accurate value to the paintings that never sell or sell less frequently, our methodology uses what we know about how rapidly the paintings that sell have appreciated, and how often they are sold.Our model allows us to look at five different styles of painting, including Post-War and Contemporary, Impressionist and Modern, Old Masters, American, and 19th-Century European.

I currently work in stock market analysis and have found a lot of similarities, but would like to know more about the subtle and sometimes not so subtle differences in methodology.

I like their podcast, but the BP thread about their turnkey approach/methodology was definitely a contested hot topic!

There are so many ways to make (and lose) money that it really comes down to simply your investment methodology (appreciation, value investing, cash flow, tax planning, etc.), your investment vehicle (REI, stocks, business ownership, etc.), and your ability to execute (can you follow your objective and succeed). 

Additionally, in talking with numerous assessors, they do not agree on the methodology to be used in calculating FMV.  

My answer is.....let me give you the methodology for determining the cost. 

My goals are to first learn the methodologies that have proven to benefit investors in the two Sarpy and Douglas county regions and position myself to have more options in the future when opportunities to diversify my portfolio are discovered.I am looking forward to mingling with all of you both in-person and via the online community.