Not much, for independent appraisers, depends on who you can work with and the market.While we usually think of appraisers doing value assessments for RE sales, there are other reasons property is valued.Trust administrators, may need annual reports of value.

I just want to make sure that i provide every protection I can for the family even if it is a pain.

Setup and administration is also not cheap, since you are essentially setting up a retirement plan for your business funded with your 401k money, so may not be worthwhile depending on how much money you are planning to use.

This can be a pain but can lead to very good deals.

Perhaps continual citing him of condo association rules may make it a pain for him.Typically it takes about 3 years for a new landlord to become burnt out from the tenant hassles.

But it's a pain to deal with.

My furthest rental is 20 miles from home and it's a pain in the neck managing it myself..

Being a landlord can be a real pain in the A$$ and it has a lot of risk, a lot of frustrations and a lot of work.

These guys sound like lawyer pains in the ***.

Sorry, for your pain.