Most of the general housing inspectors aren't trained in engineering and will get very rigid on stuff they perceive as structurally unsound.

Explain the benefits and pretty much sell your service to people that might be perceived outside of your niche, but closely enough related to where they would do business with you.Alot of it depends on your service and what you are trying to achieve.

I suppose they do this to add a perceived value to the house.

I knew with such a difference between what the perceived worth and the actual worth there was money to be made.

Regardless of the perceived demand for housing, the actual demand ebbs and flows with the population and its growth or contraction.So, here we have a three-pronged puzzle:- Housing demand stays more or less on track- Housing growth is temporarily suppressed - Lending for home loans is severely inhibited by all the post crash checks and balances meant to tame a beast which has just killed itself.According to the laws of supply and demand, what happens to prices when demand outstrips availability (supply)?

Most SFH investors must pay down the mortgage and ignore any return on the equity to actually have what they consider cash flow.There cash basically sits dead in the property in exchange for perceived or "forced" positive cash flow.

Without the details it is tough to say with confidence what would be perceived as better.  

Another way you can refinance out of a sub $100K appraised property is to group it into a portfolio loan and use the other higher appraised properties to mitigate the lender's perceived risk of the lower appraised properties.

All that matters is the relationships you have with the loan traders and their perceived ability that you'll close on time.

Wow, great information or however you may perceive it.