Is there a way to reverse this, and make the purchase price known for the sake of fighting taxes, or the opposite, increasing comps in the area, etc?

In other words accounting for the increased cost of advertising during a vacancy or do you just have to manually inflate the property management fees?

HelloFrom what I understand, with no experience in real estate investing, mobile homes only depreciate and that banks don’t see them as having any increase in value after repairs.

Myself I have a building  background and possess journey level skill in almost all trades except maybe doing concrete work and I am also an architectural designer so I perfer properties that can be increased in value through forced appreciation and look for properties where the zoning, set back, and other requirements allow for adding square footage to a building but others perfer invest in turnkey properties already fully occupied whereas I like working with empty buildings. 

In my experience the inspectors were fairly "petty" when it came time for the Section 8 annual inspection / rental increases. 

“We feel good about the business.”According to the China Financial Weekly, GEA’s net income in China has increased 80 percent since Haier acquired the company, and its revenue increased 11 percent during the first half of this year.According to: https://thinkkentucky.com/kyedc/pdfs/100jobs.pdf adding just 270 manufacturing jobs to should add nearly $30 million value added.This knowledge should make a compelling case for investing in Louisville, as if we need more reasons! 

I think the first time you clear away the "jungle" you indeed increase the value of the property.

@Suzanne - I know people are still big on the appreciation play in Ballard, Queen Anne, etc. but a property like that with a CAP of less than 3.5% doesn't seem very attractive.

What percentage should I increase it by?

@Nicholas White - I'm looking for a Single Family and to be on top of all the processes of the deal; learning everything hands-on until I feel more comfortable and move to multi family rentals.And about Atlanta, definitely very attractive market.