It was a little intense going through the due diligence process on 4 properties at once, but like someone said somewhere, most tasks are just 5 or 10 minute tasks you can do with a computer or phone, so it really wasn't all that bad.  

Seriously, you should look at what tasks you want to do with your phone and see if there is an good app for it.

Naturally, when parties to a transaction that have incentive for something to happen (commission, profit) or not happen (i.e. foreclosure, bankruptcy) have to deal with an appraiser that has specifically been tasked to give an unbiased/independent opinion (the appraiser doesn't care if the deal happens or not) there will be many times when the parties to a transaction will be disappointed.

I think that I can increase the value of the property by doing some small tasks, such as landscaping the front and back yards, staining/replacing back fence and some upgrades in the house.The market in the area is very hot right now.

I have a WORD document for every VA task.4.Time yourself.

If things stray too far from where they should be, we'll be here to keep things on task.

However, the hardness of the task is what drives me, so if it was easy, I might not have the same tenacity for the work involved.

For the real estate salesperson working for a seller, the task is to find a qualified buyer to purchase the client’s property.And the most important part the Transaction - The real estate salesperson’s duty is to help navigate the transaction through the entire escrow process to final close.

I know for myself, that would be an impossible task. 

BTW I am NOT discounting how much work those seemingly simple tasks actually are.In contrast you have the investor market where few financed buyers can even buy these houses and even if they could (say a 203K loan) most wouldn't want to.