I hate to beat this dead horse, but this very topic has been the hottest one in our business.

When I have had to advertise on Craigslist, zillow, and others in the past, I tend to get a lot more inquiries which are often dead ends.

Consider that if the house isn't secured and made weather-tight ASAP, the condition will continue to deteriorate while you're waiting to buy the house...so factor in the extra cost associated with that.Also, if the tree that fell was a dead tree (or had termites), consider that other trees in the area might be in the same condition and you'll want to clear those out before they cause more damage.

Really, you often don't have to be dead-on accurate with your repairs - especially if you're starting offers are 10K or less than your max.

There is a dead tree (fairly massive size) right on the neighbor's side of the fence that is leaning toward my property.

.$ 570.005) Replace concrete pad at the base of rear stoop steps$ 720.006) Remove the dead tree at the right rear corner of the house, haul limbs away and stump the roots

"The American Dream is dead" notion going around these days are mainly from people who don't understand it.  

These are the ones that can't figure out the battery is dead in the thermostat or they replaced it wrong.

But IMHO this deal is dead not from DFA.  

He's dead these days.