You should interview agents, pick three, and have them give you an assessment.

My wife and I built our home a little over 2 years ago, appraised at 265k during construction for loan purposes, assessed this year at 284k.

So they will lose the deposit AND I am planning, although I realize I will probably never see it, to assess fees for maintenance, carpet, cleaning to the 3 large credit companies, so that future landlords or credit agencies will see the outstanding charges, then I will turn over these expenses to a contingency collection service.

Usually too high, but I know people who are paying 1/10th of what they should.A couple days ago the city announced they'll be doing the first citywide assessment in decades.Detroit to reassess all property valuesThey've previously maintained the fiction that they're doing rolling assessments but they just haven't had the staff do make more than a token effort, and they benefit by leaving assessments too high of course.You can challenge the assessment, first with the city and then with the state if necessary.

Assuming the water hookup is already available at the street and there is no special fee/assessment for that, you're probably looking at between $1500-3000 for the lateral from the street to the house.I know in Atlanta, it's about $900-1000.

Or perhaps just have a plumber come in to assess the issue from your side so you will at least have a paper trail.

on the assessment and tax portion of the comp for 2012 the market value improved is 65,000.

Hi John.I would say based on your assessment that damage to the structural wood members is pretty high.You could go for a more in-depth inspection, or just consider that if the lower walls were wet then yes, the drywall and even some amount of the wood structural members would need to go.Structural IntegrityThe only way the structural wood would NOT need to be pulled out would be if the drywall was removed shortly after the moisture affected it and it was properly dried.

I agree with your assessment on tile throughout, I think its very unattractive and screams rental.

It also requires one to assess their realistic present status - including skills and financial.