Should I offer to pay them for their consultation, or are these types of questions common as part of the PM vetting process and is a "courtesy service"?

All state said they cover cash value for properties built prior to 1940, drewlling comes out less than half of asking price.

Commercial appraisals are expensive, $5,000 isn't out of the ordinary.

Since it’s the largest home in the neighborhood, that can be a bit of a challenge, but you can turn that to your advantage with the right strategy.First, consider tweaking the price slightly—either lowering it a bit more to attract attention or pricing it closer to the higher end if you’re targeting buyers who value the upgrades and space.

It is just a piece of land and if we dont do anything with it then it will just be sitting.

@Shawn NofzigerHi Shawn,I came across your post and while I am a long way from Lansing, I work with a ton of new and aspiring investors and the challenges they have getting from idea to action. 

I think  a good rule of thumb is LTR is 1x rent, MTR is 1.5-2x rent, and STR is 3x rent. 

I mean, Texas is still a great state because of the amount of jobs, the pay that comes with those jobs, and the cost of housing here as opposed to other places around the country.However, that key word "affordable" actually has a definition to it - and that's 30% of the income shouldn't go towards housing. 

Russ has a lot of creative solutions and uses established case law to work in ways that some of the more "cut & dry" intermediaries do not.

First, don't use REI Reply, it's just a white-labelled/private-agency version of GoHighLevel (the actual provider of the CRM) that they just mark up and charge you extra for everything you do (every text, email, etc is 2-10x more expensive than just linking twilio/mailgun to your GHL account, etc).With that out of the way, you can get to making workflows.