A good combination of motion-detector lights and dusk-to-dawns will make the place feel a lot safer.

The basis for the roof is NOT blended into the original depreciation basis for the dwelling structure, nor, are the two depreciation schedules combined.  

If you need $10K/month (net b4 taxes) to retire on, then the combination of SFR single or multi, based on fair market rents will help you sort that out.

If so, many of the agents who were doing their weekend schedules on Friday afternoon may have missed it.If you have more than two weekends without traffic, then you need to consider that you are not priced correctly, the listing isn't attractive, your marketing isn't working, or a combination of those factors.

The reality of this is it's not surprising.The fact that they cleaned the inside living in it that long is a miracle.Usually people that have lived somewhere 10,15,20 years etc. accumulate a ton of junk.This is why when a bank forecloses and they offer the former owner 2,000 to leave in "broom swept condition" many times they seller will deny the cash for keys.The reason is most likely they are downsizing and the amount of money to rent trash bins and pay a truck to move their extra stuff combined with storage rental fees is a losing proposition.They come out way ahead by simply leaving all the trash there and sell off the rest and taking the leftover essentials to the next place.We would see this all the time on the REO side.If they didn't have much stuff and only lived there a few years cash for keys was more successful.You would need to prove they dumped it there.I would just get it hauled away and move on.If it's a short sale at least in my area the former owners are on the verge of bankruptcy and it's a waste of time and energy to go after them.

Earn more income, bring in partners, find a lender that will loan more, owner financing, subject 2 deals.My method is earn in the buy-sell business and take a portion of the income over to buy-holds combined with a lender that will loan on ARV.

It seemed a bit cumbersome and expensive to put every property into a separate LLC so I've decided to do a combination of both approaches.

Of course the most powerful combination is both.An agent incentive brings them to your house but price gets you an offer.

I've talked to one of the bank and they have qualified me to get a loan of 30k(can be used for rehab), but I'm not sure if it's better to use bank's money with all the interest fees or just use my own cash if I have it.We don't have any kids or debts to pay on a monthly basis except our rent and car payment and regular monthly expenses which can be covered by my wife's and my current income combined.

It is used to apply tax rates and collect property taxes.An appraised value is theoretically a licensed appraisers estimate of value for a specific purpose, such as lending, etc, and can be a combination of 3 approaches: income of the property, current market value, or the cost to rebuild.