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,, ~ ~ - $570,000. This appraisal did not even include five assessor's parcels owned by the Deb[or at the same location, which total an additional 26.03 acres, more or less, and a mobile home located on the additional acreage which has an assessed value for tax purposes of $7,229.00. The appraisal also notes that "the well is satisfactory," apparently ignoring the existence of 3 good wells on the property in an area that has experienced dry wells in past years. ~, the attached article from National Geographic magazine published in November, 1996). Ye[ the trustee is now willing to accept an offer fora [oral consideration that is approximately $155,000 less than the amount of the appraisal! This proposed sale should be rejected by the Court. 5. In addition, the trustee received a tentative offer in October for $520,000, in which the purchaser also agreed to accept the obligation of the bond. According to the trustee's counsel, this offer was withdrawn when the purchaser inspected the property and saw asbestos shingles that had been dumped somewhere on the south 20 acres. (This was asecond-hand report that counsel had received from the realtor approved by the Court to show the property). The purchaser, Mr. Roger Losaw, has recently told Mrs. Fehr that he did not see any asbestos on the property and had simply withdrawn his bid because he wanted flatter ground more suitable for building or other uses. When Mr. and Mrs. Fehr looked at the site in the company of the realtor during the week of December 2, he again claimed that asbestos shingles had been dumped on the property, and tha[ it might take $150,000 to clean up the site. Yet when asked to point out the shingles, the realtor couldn't fmd any and didn't know where they had gone. It thus appears that the amount that the trustee is willing to take for the property has been reduced based upon an unreliable report concerning an environmental problem that has never been documented. 6. The only environmental issue that has ever been documented is the existence of two gas pumps and buried tanks within the property. Yet these were fully disclosed in the appraisal done for the trustee which genera[ed the $570,000 valuation. The proposed sale should be rejected, and, if appropriate in the opinion of the trustee or if required to sell the property, an environmental analysis conducted to determine if there really is a problem. 7. It also appears that the property has not been marketed in a fashion calculated to obtain the best value possible. Among the problems noted by Mr. and Mts. Fehr during their inspection are the following: a. Jim Braley Jr., the Debtor's son, and Lyrm Braley have been allowed to remairi on the property and to keep a number of Rotweiller dogs on the site. According to the realtor, this has been a detriment in showing the house, and Lynn has been "rude" to potential buyers, thus discouraging them from inspecting the property; b. Dog feces are scattered in the livingroom and the floor of one of the basement rooms is almost totally covered with dog feces; c. Water is leaking from the upstairs down into the basement; 2