A bird dog that called me with this lead today.The house is a 3br 2ba ranch, sf is 1740, tax value is assessed at 150k.

They provide everything..ownership/transfer/deductions, property assessments, spring/fall tax bill statements, tax payments etc...has anyone used these references?

A man that can walk into a property and assess everything that needs updating or fixing(building) so I am pretty experienced about the building process.

As the property ages do you consider it possible the HOA might assess you a $20,000 property repair fee.

So too low HOA fees are a problem.And another aspect of too low fees is that when there is a big expenditure they have to have a special assessment to all the owners to pay for the bill.

Approx 69K if comparing to just the tax assessment.

Since it is likely your purchase is legal non-conforming with respect to current building codes, any insurance needs to covers reconstruction of the structure to current codes - some policies consider code-related improvements as enhancements to the existing building.I would also closely check the co-insurance provisions, loss of rents limits ($ and time), boiler coverage and general liability caps.A good commercial insurance broker can really help assess the specific risks and you may be able to loop in your other properties under the same general liability coverage if you consolidate with one carrier.

They assess a high fee for some reason, you pay it.

I've read that they tend to cost about $350 to do a full assessment?

I did some research and found that the land is assessed at $73300.