There are much straighter and lighter trees that grow faster available for dimensional lumber: firs, spruces, and various other pine species.The rafters are not the biggest issue here -- a sturdy rafter structure is to be expected in a pre-truss structure, where simple solid rafters in line hold up the roof, not a complicated structure of thinner sticks taking up lots of floor space in the attic.You need to look at the attic floor from below carefully.

What vexes me most is how to identify the sources to market to bring them to market.  

Hard money loan is your source but go bad........ ..

so you think that is the biggest determining factor in the appraisal?  

The two biggest features I need from my software choice is detailed bookkeeping records/rent rolls and a tenant portal to allow free ACH rent payments.

My biggest expenses are toilet paper and soap. 

I do know the economics of San Jose due to being a stock investor and San Jose is the one of the biggest manufacturing city in the West Coast.

This post is why I have always said to be careful of your source in Memphis.

These type of meetings are the biggest resources for getting involved locally, you can discover cash buyers there and other people in different roles of the industry, fantastic people to know and network with!

The biggest thing is to try and get this treated before it becomes a bigger problem.