Make sure they understand the current owner is on board and will get nothing for the deal and they will get a property back on the tax rolls. 

You can even use your VA loan through the Texas Veterans Land Board and get a reduced mortgage rate (right now, the going rate with Texas Vet is 3.77%).

I went with the white board video because I think it does a great job of telling a story and communicates very effectively on the pain points we try to hit on. 

List price was 100K and it was boarded up.

Oh I also sat on a planning board so understand site plan approvals & changing the density of a property.

Jeff is also on the board of two REIA groups and has been doing this stuff for a long time.  

It also gives the installer a place to nail the boards down (inside the mated edges so there's no fasteners showing. 

mainly to have something to do if I find myself board on a rainy day in PDX which is pretty often... also I don't generally drive at night so I would only work mornings for a drive or two.. when I take Lyft in Vegas I talk to the drivers most really don't like the night or pick up or delivery from casino as the riders are half the time pretty wasted.I use it in Vegas to from our kids house and the airport.. so that's a pretty easy drive for the Lyft driver . as well as I live in the number one income area of our state so if I only take rides out of this area I should pick up some successful people and we can talk business if it gets to that..

Plus just boarding it up probably wouldn't look very good on a brick exterior. 

Now the city or county board generally approves requests but do take public input into affect.One strategy is to ask for higher density than you really want to make the project numbers work.