Bill, To determine if, or by how much this change has impacted your property, you will need to retain a valuation expert. This would be an appraiser familiar with "thinking outside the box" and one
Robin, What you describe is a legal matter and I cannot give you advice because I am not an attorney. You need to immediately, repeat, immediately go to an attorney that specializes in real estate
Terry, Technically, the appraiser may be correct. It depends upon several things. First, is this area totally under ground? From your description, it sounds like your house is built on a down slope
Betty, In the appraisal report, the appraiser has to certify that he/she has inspected the entire property, not just one of two units. You can have the appraiser measure your tenants unit, so that
B Goff, Unfortunately, I am in California and do not know what the State of Idaho requirements are for the different license levels. Each of the 50 states sets their own requirements for license levels

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