My sister in law is the middle ground and can see both sides and is able to help bridge the gap when needed.

Just remember when you doing ground up they are on you more than a rehab and seem to just add on things that none could not imagine especially at the last minute.

This included property managers/assistant, grounds keepers, leasing specialist, handy man at apartment complexes, etc. 

Along with a truly bizarre threat to cancel my insurance on grounds seemingly pulled out of a hat and disclosed cryptically, Nationwide has promised that if I do manage to keep my insurance, my premium will go up because the rebuilding cost of my property is higher than the $300,000 my insurance currently covers.

I live in Dallas, TX where the ground gets very dry in the Summer. 

I'd like to, but I'm afraid this incident with Nationwide, which, by the way, comes complete with a threat to cancel on purely trumped up grounds, will blackball me for anything but really high rates.

How are you withdrawing offers when you see the location (after landing on an agreed price) and without paying an inspection fee every time in order to have grounds for withdrawing the offer?

I'm under contract currently to purchase a self-storage property that is 6 acres- 3 acres of that I will own and 3 acres are on a ground lease (which I will assume).

my father has been  a landlord for 20 years in detroit so i get to hear all about them since ive been around1 self employed people they  always fail to pay on time and leave dirt everywhere to be cleaned 2 those who turn into a life of crime and decide the unit is either a great place to distribute narcotics meth and other dangerous substances or worse they decide its a perfect place to produce drugs having the fbi lock down the unit and investigate my father this has happened 5 times now3 have had two units completely scrapped and i mean interiors gutted, copper pipes ripped heaters boilers even the shower and toilets stolen, these skin heads even tore threw the walls to steal all the electrical and hvac, needless to say they costed tens of thousands 4 one tenant decided it was a cool idea to pay for one month, then strip the entire location. once the tenant was evicted the house was burned to the ground. no charges were ever given .5 worst of all is when people die. once a drunk driver in a pickup truck drove right into the living room and killed not only himself but the tenants watching tv in the room, weve also had about 3 that i remember who we found laying dead from alcohol poisoning, the last one we payed to be sent and burried near his family  also we once had a witch doctor, this old lady disappeared after renting for a year. when we went inside the walls were covered in blood, there were rotting animals that had been cut open, candles and wax stuck all over the place. 

Mark,Don't confuse replacement value with appraisal value; two very different things.Appraisal Value - is the cost to buy a similar (size, condition, location) property on the open market.Replacement Value - is the cost to actually build the same property from the ground up and similar finishes (think - hit by a meteor or fully engulfing fire).Good luck on getting the property.Oren