So I'll put two appraisals in front of our appraisal department head honcho dude, a normal one and a low quality one, and let him decide which is more credible (obviously this also doesn't work if the first appraisal was credible, done well, and the value just isn't there) and which opinion of value we will use.

I'd just like to throw it out there that, while I don't have a lot of knowledge in the real estate sector, I do have a nice camera and a decent eye for photography.

A while back, I stumbled onto a thread where someone suggested using Dunn Edwards floating feather and a swiss coffee ceiling/trim combination.  

I'm a network engineer by day at a small community bank in Polk County and a land lord by night.

I live in Boston and a realtor I will refer someone familar with the area

I currently own a 3 fam and a airbnb property.

I was travelling for 5 days a week, and only home for a day and a half(flight out Sunday night).  

I currently own a multi family home I rent out and a townhome I currently reside in.  

There are some real advantages w/scale and a concept called forced appreciation (value add approaches) that make large apartment investing attractive.  

Just made offers on a portfolio of 12 units of which 6, a fourplex and a duplex, we are planning on doing with our Self Directed Accounts.