We listen and study a lot but are scared of the Shiny object syndrome that David and Brandon often reference.

@Patrick Thomas Dickinson the simple (and only) answer is to buy as many doors as possible in the most stable and growing market you can find...this would take on the form of a small multifamily property...probably in the 8-12 unit range within 20-minutes of a major metro city....you can find this in Columbus, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Kansas City, Raleigh-Durham, Nashville, Indianapolis, and other comparable cities...they key is finding the property...C-class value add with a strong property manager and you're off to the races...5-year hold with improvements made, operating expenses lowered, and income driven higher means your valuation will come back with enough equity to pull and repeat the process.

I have an objective score sheet.

My primary objective is to, at some point, be able to quit my day job working from home, and do this full time, so that I can best provide for my family.

How much cash flow do you need to meet your objectives?

People have a price range in mind when they tour your house I don't want them to find any negatives or concerns, and I want few wows that make them want to go to top of their range and want to go all in.they don't walk around with a check list going oh I see this add 500 to the offer ohh they have this quality of tile add 1000 to offer. 

You've come to the right place if you want to complain about appraisals, I'll say that.Reality is, an appraiser's main goal is to assign an objective fair market value to a property.

Now, if you were to choose to purchase this property in the 150K+ range, the next appraisal (either at the close of sale or next time the county gets to it) may increase quite a bit and you need to be ready for that with your numbers.

What had been removed was the range, the living room ceiling light, the bathroom sink and faucet, all the light bulbs out of the ceiling fan, etc etc.

But, you should just be looking for your range of numbers.You have to talk to someone on the deck to know what numbers are in real time.