The lot/home rent ratio is decreasing and I think that trend will continue as lenders in our area become more sophisticated and force this model more.

You need something more sophisticated though for these larger deals. 

We feel we have exceeded our investment potential through friends and family and would like to start searching for other sources of funding such are touching base with funds, family offices or sophisticated investors.

Proof of funds solves a lot of perception issues by others.I understand your frustration, but as a broker, I've been run down rat holes by guys with all kinds of questions and plans and NO MONEY = Doing nothing.

Maybe increase the perception of value with some light landscaping in flowerbeds.Ultimately you have to “win” in the eyes of an appraiser so whatever you can improve to accomplish that will help.

Because time on market is compressing, this metric is giving us lower perception of the volume going through the market.

There is also a principal that certain situations, like a commercial lease, both parties are sophisticated enough to waive their rights.

I developed my own fairly sophisticated software with MS Access to help me do this because Access does everything people wish Excel could do, but there are some geniuses who have mastered Excel.The last and the very hardest part and you will be able to do what almost no broker can do and even if you find a broker who can do what I am going to tell you, then you are going to find that he is not going to burn his candle every night doing your work for you.The math is simple, but extensive.

. ^^ yes I closed on a house hack a few months ago and this is exactly what my mortgage broker told me, FHA appraisal itself was not much of a problem, the appraiser just looked for proper hand rails, chipping paint, relief valves on water heaters, etc, which are not a big issue unless the house is in bad shape, the bigger challenge was getting an FHA offer accepted over competing offers because of the perception to sellers that FHA is a big hassle/may not close, a 203k loan can wrap money for any needed repairs into the mortgage, so showing pre-qual for that may make your offers stronger 

Even though it's possible to wholesale commercial assets (we do a few of these every year), the sellers and buyers are usually more sophisticated.