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SUMMARY OF SCOPE OF WORK (Continued) The existence of any environmental hazard such as the presence of hazardous wastes, toxic substances, radon gas, asbestos -containing materials, urea -formaldehyde insulation, etc, which may or may not be present in or on the subject property or any site within the vicinity of the property was not observed by the appraiser and the appraiser has no knowledge of any such environmental hazard. The appraiser, however, is not qualified to detect such substances. The value estimate is predicated. on the assumption that there is no such material on or in the property that would cause a loss in value. Also, no independent investigation of concurrency matters regarding the subject or any comparable sale was made. No responsibility is assumed for any such conditions, or for any expertise or engineering knowledge required to discover them. The user of the report should therefore consult an attorney, contractor, accountant, engineer or other experts as necessary to verify technical data which could impact on the value of the property. There are three primary approaches to value which should be considered. They are: (1) the Cost Approach, (2) the Sales Comparison Approach, and (3) the Income Capitalization Approach. The Cost Approach utilizes the value of the subject land as estimated from the market together with a replacement cost estimate of the structures and site improvements. From this a deduction must be made for accrued depreciation: physical, functional, and economic, if any, to provide an additional estimate of the total property value. The Sales Comparison Approach involves an investigation and inspection of recent sales in the area and competing areas as nearly similar as possible to the subject. The sale properties (comparable sales) are then compared with the subject, and adjustments made for dissimilar characteristics. The Income Capitalization Approach, designed for application to income producing properties, utilizes a technique of capitalizing the net income into an estimate of value. The factors included in the technique are derived from a study of other similar type income properties. In all cases, except an appraisal of vacant land, it is necessary that all approaches should be considered and that those applicable approaches be utilized to form an estimate of value. When more than one approach is used, although the indication of value may not be identical, they should establish a reasonable range and act as a cross check upon one another. After arriving at the value estimates and establishing a range of value (by more than one approach), these estimates must be correlated into a single conclusion of value. In formulating this conclusion, it must be determined which approach is best supported and conforms realistically with the multitude of factors relating to the subject property. The subject is vacant land. Thus the only applicable use of value is the Sales Comparison Approach. on 544