Also for the sake of numbers, assume full price was paid, $650k.Here's the property in question:http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/507-Avenue-A-C-Snohomish-WA-98290/2103553365_zpid/

REIA WA has some nice classes going on every month, and they have meetings in Seattle, Tacoma, and Everett.  

Hi BP, I have a friend that has a home in probate in CA but he has a few questions for a real estate attorney in Oak Harbor, WA or any of the surrounding counties.

I am going off city-assessed values in the same neighborhood for the same square footage of improvements.  

And yes, look at the cost of construction vs value of surrounding house in comparable square footage.

If you're anywhere in AZ, CA, OR, WA or NV then check out propertypadar.com  i do not work for them or get any sort of compensation but given the number of times i refer them perhaps i should ask for a kick-back :) absentee-owners (non-owner occupied) will be both your buyers AND sellers. it is not a waste of money because some of your sellers will be buyers, and vice versa.  

The CBRE Group Inc. real estate brokerage says that conversion projects have pulled 2.3 million square feet out of the market, cutting vacant downtown office space by 3.7 percent between 2007 and the third quarter of last year."..."

Those clamps are the critical point, they must be applied square to the pipe, follow manufacture's instructions carefully and I bet you'll not have a problem.

Hello All,It is great to have found a community of individuals willing to help newbies with there real estate adventures.

I am starting a 'small' project of my own in a 425 square foot space on my property.