In Baltimore City just a few blocks could make a BIG difference.You could also look at parts of Baltimore County.

Only houses on that busy street and another busy street a few blocks away were used for comps.

I think the purchased and rented houses will be combined in blocks and then the package of houses will be marketed and sold as an investment vehicle backed by the cash flow of the underlying houses.

I am remodeling my house and have a PVC pipe that runs outside the house a couple inches above ground which drains the kitchen sink, it then runs through the garage and then right outside the garage the PVC pipe goes into the ground where it is connected to the main drain pipe from the house.

It really makes the area look like crap when people put these signs out every 2 blocks.

Feel free to PM what hundred block and street the property is on and I can give you more feedback.As already said $5000 houses and houses without roofs are all over the city.

We also request cash for application fees and for making good on a NSF check.In our rental agreement, we instruct tenants to mail their rent by personal check or money order to our post office box, which is three blocks from our credit union.

Most owners block off time for themselves which doesn't show up any differently than a booked stay.I've looked at some areas for a vacation rental and the lowest vacancy assumption I was using was 25%.

Assessed value are usually done in one of two ways, from past sales that are recorded and the state/county/whatever imposes an inflation rate and/or the are done on a block survey method, using the sq. ft. and values of the area and making adjustments.For investment purposes, when buying you can argue the assessed value as a negotiation point making the seller come up with a defense to the asking price, but, assessed values do not reflect current market values which is what an investor needs to be looking at, the assessed value has no bearing on market values.

@Justin WilliamsAfter being here for years and having been around the block a few times, you develop skills to see right through rhetoric, questions being evaded, fluff and puffing.