For Investors with several properties, that requirement can be difficult.     I

I looked and under that section this was the comment:"Due to the difficulty is accurately determining accrued depreciation of a complex of the subject's age and due to the limited availability of recent vacant land sales in the immediate submarket, the Cost Approach was deemed to be a very weak indicator for value for the subject, thus is was excluded from this analysis.

The difficulty in dealing with the local agencies is one reason Tahoe home prices tend to stay stronger than the overall market.

Should Seattle be hiring lawyers to defend people  against eviction who have been living without paying  for months and months against people who may have difficulty to afford lawyers themselves since they have had their savings stripped by the process of housing these tenants so long and taking them to court.  

Generally replace however there is an appliance shortage going on currently so getting a new one that fits could be difficult. I

Overall I see some general difficulty with vacancies.

You want a "friend" discount early which is not in the seller's best interests unless there are difficulties with the sale or other anomalies that you are willing to take on, and even in that case, they could probably still do better on the market unless you are willing to pay up early so it doesn't hit the market.Too many people try to push the blame onto agents.

With technology and forums such as this one, local knowledge is easy to come by...without having to be in that market- at least for the purpose of REI and not a forever primary home.

I'm not sure it has been challenging enough (not asking for any difficulties!)

The difficulty comes in the fact that the mobile manufacturers have an approximate backlog of 40 weeks.