The city is taking action for "lateral" earthquakes, an example for this is on concrete basements, these doesn't apply, because there are shear walls below the building to hold its weight. 

An appraisal will carry more weight then a BPO.

Work out the first deal weighted in his favor, then he will be comfortable working w/you on subsequent properties.

The peace of mind of never having to worry about rates again is worth its weight in gold.

He's worth his weight in gold.  

The sewer line was apparently not built to code in the first place, but the drain line is starting to collapse under the weight of the neighbor's cars (they park mainly in the driveway but also in their yard directly on top of the sewer line).

(There may be longer fixed-rate products, I'm just not aware of them yet.)One advantage of 5-units and up, is that the appraisal will place more weight on the Income Approach.  

Some of us are heavily weighted in real estate, and we are extremely happy with owning this income-producing asset class.  

I have FINRA series licenses, all of the information you need to pass the tests to obtain those licenses is available for free on the internet, but that in no way means I could have passed without paying for an expert service telling me what to study and how it was weighted.

Decreased Housing Supply Continues to Lessen Affordability: Zillow by Jacob Passy MAR 27, 2015 4:22pm ET Housing affordability has shrunk as the issuing of new housing permits has failed to keep pace with population growth in cities across the country, according to research from Zillow.The cities that have maintained affordability the best are those that have either experienced low rates of population growth or have kept in step with that growth by building more housing units, according to the report published March 27 by Zillowmore....http://www.nationalmortgagenews.com/news/originati...