It's much more effective for any lead to build rapport.Hope this helps Jon

The purchase price does not directly effect the assessed value unless the assessors office takes it into consideration.  

Is there another option that is more cost effective?  

And most investors don't understand how to work with agents and are often wasting their time for no or very little pay.In order for the economics to work she needs to make you as self suficient as possible with trickle emails.

Is this a wood structure, metal structure or masonry structure; as this effects the level of design work needed. 

I don't know the laws about a deposit limits...that's why we hired and pay a property manager :) The pm is a licensed Realtor and actually the broker/ owner of a local company and manages several other properties.I've gotten some new info about the situation and no longer  think he may be trying to keep the deposit from us....it really never was collected (there are emails between pm and tenants to this effect).HOWEVER we were never notified about this.  

To determine the real long term worthiness, consider that you're effectively a tenant to yourself. 

. $50K in cash can go a long way if used effectively!

If he is crazy and wants 500k then you don't need to waste time seeing how to figure out repairs costs.

Hi everyone I'm curious to everyone's opinion of the United States economy/dollar and its relation and effect to the rental market if the federal reserve don't raise rates and eventually collapse the dollar.For those that currently have rental investments, I'm curious to your thoughts and plans for such events, and what do you think will happen to mortgage loans if money is still financed, and renters?