This random $230 is in some sort of limbo.  

If the house is in your name, whether your girlfriend or a random stranger lives with you, neither has any rights to your legal assets.If I were in your shoes, just make sure everything is in your name-- cable/electric/utilities/etc, and have her pay groceries .  

I'd bet lending home uses an Appraisal Management Company that found a random appraiser in the area, who was willing to do the work but was unfamiliar with this type of business.You're only Road is to get lending home to give you a guaranteed date and get the seller to agree to it, one way or another.

I would never talk business on facebook.my preferred method of communication is e mail.. problem with the phone these days is ... too many solicitation calls from random numbers so I now no longer answer the phone unless I know who it is..

Instead of just throwing up some random number, you need to use certain metrics to find out what you should be spending.We are looking to find the max investment we could pay per deal.

Other random questions, do any landlords here charge extra for pets?

These seemingly random and frequent investigations by code enforcement who's sole job is to "find something wrong" is going to create astronomical costs that people who are owner occupied in their homes would not even think is an issue.

They don't know the property, size, layout, etc like you so they just give random comps. 

Property owners have no control over the crimes committed by random people. 

Having a generic lock box where anyone not pre-screened or electronically logged for access just randomly go in a property is not ok and very dangerous.