As an example you could expect to speed $3500 to $5000 on a 10 unit from a service provider like https://www.us-hc.com/services/capital-needs-assessment/reserve-study-analysis.html

Honest assessment with comps to back it up.

I agree with your assessment that it's limiting, and frustrating. 

Inspectors aren't generally liable for much when it comes to misses during an inspection.4) Hire a property inspector, they will look at everything from the foundation to the roof and give you an assessment.

The asking price of the house is $155k and the tax assessed value is $16k.

Currently, I’ve decided to use the calculator to teach myself about assessing property.

With that being said, we encourage our Agents to do so if they are working with serious buyers as they will have personal time invested, they will provide assessments and share knowledge with the buyer, they will have travel and wear and tear on their vehicle, etc. 

If you like that, then you can assess the value of what you received and determine if you wish to continue. 

Any insight is greatly appreciated and should go a long way in helping me assess where I can add value to those non-Ohioans looking to invest in my state.  

According to public records , his house is assessed at over 200k.