For those of you who are pretty good at coming up with your after repair values what is your methodology? Comparable homes in the area? Average value per square foot for the neighborhood?

For those in Chattannooga or North Nashville, what is the latest assessment of these areas?

What he also tells you and what a lot of investors don't take into account is that there are other risks outside all the math and the real estate equations that you must assess also. 

@Karl Krentzel Wow, thanks for sharing such comprehensive advice.

I'm not looking for something comprehensive like Barron's Dictionary of Real Estate Terms, but rather something along the lines of "Top 100 real estate words and what they mean"

If you pay for testing then assess the risk, then you are in control.

Third party sites or tax assessed values are usually not really in line with actual market values.

I would agree with your assessment of the "hot" areas to the south, although I would caution you not to discount North Everett so easily.  

Then adding one final insult to home owners, DORA was supposed to address abusive, duplicative, and excessive CAM fees assessed home owners (pocketed mostly by CAI members) by requiring “full disclosure” of fees in licensing rules.

They will have specific knowledge on the requirements, comp rent rates sq ft, how to add the expenses for (property tax above baseline, all taxes assessed against the lease)The term and when the lease term expires that it converts to year to year renewal with a % increase per annum.