Bobby Bucks
Elite Member
- Joined
- Jan 27, 2002
- Professional Status
- Real Estate Agent or Broker
- State
- North Dakota
Very true, welcome to my world. Workshops, pole barns and quarters can be a nightmare to confirm. I'm still waiting for one of the paired sales pukes to tell me what adjustment to give a monstrous detached building that is part garage, part quarters, part workshop, part pool room and part pool house. A side note, the quarters have a stairway to a second level which only has an AC unit for heat/air and toilet with no sink.Some of the flaws I see in these adjustment software programs is based on the lack of good data in a MLS. For instance, there is no way to disseminate the contributory value of workshops or guest quarters. There is no way to support the adjustment for a 1200 sf workshop compared to a 4800 sf workshop or 2400, 3600 etc. MLS data usually just says "workshop." Guest quarters can be lumped into living area in MLS listing. MLS listings may have the ADU size, but many times they do not. A 600 sf, 1200 sf, 1800 sf guest quarters all have different contributory values, but we have to dissect the MLS listing to see the size of the ADUs then dissect whether they were included in living area. Rural appraisals have so many different improvements we have to use the old appraisal science of figuring contributory value.