Yeah, I've heard that the appraisers here don't do too much in the way of inspecting the house, and rely more on an overall sense of what the neighborhood values are like -- but I also don't want to give them any reason to lowball their valuation.

I was also considering the walkway as the highest priority item, but doing the driveway at the same time will save a ton of money, since concrete contractors like bigger jobs. So the real question is do I fix it up so it's stable (but not pretty) or cough up $6000+ to make it stable *and* pretty. I'm leaning towards the latter, at this point.