Your realtor can give you all the actual sales comps to help you see the difference between the listing price and the actual sales price.I however do have a little contrarian advice. 

That is fine on SFR which can be sold as rentals OR owner occupied, so you can shift your target market and still sell.

@Nicholas A. your shotgun approach has a high probability of getting the exact quality you put into it.95%+ of real estate agent, many of them posting they are "investor-friendly", only know how to deal with owner-occupied transactions. 

There is a house (2b x 1b) in the family I was interested in becoming the owner of.

(Get an owner occupant loan.)Can you seller finance it for more?

Paid a top local esigner to come have a look and all she did was insult our cute little place that was doing just fine.....But I think where a designer could add value is by suggesting unique areas, like game rooms, coffee bars, outdoor BBQ/play areas, and stuff like that. 

For example in many jurisdictions I can STR units in a duplex but cannot STR an ADU (some jurisdictions will let you STR if you owner occupy).

I have just read a book about this, and a business owner spoke about his employees who would take "multiple taxi trips in one day" or "dine at the most expensive restaurants even when alone" its just something that will happen.

Here is how some steps are categorized.Performing Loan30 day lates90 day latesAssignmentNotice of Default VA loanNotice of Default FHA loanNotice of Default Conventional loanNotice of Trustee's Sale/Notice of ForeclosureLis PendensContinuation/PostponementLoan ModificationReinstatementBankruptcyAuctionReal Estate OwnedThere other possible steps, but these are what you will typically see.The key is to know what you can do in each of the steps in the state the property is in.Then you need to know what to avoid and what the options are for the owner and options available to the lender.

When I co-hosted in Allston, MA (Boston), the owner tried a similar approach, but we ultimately stopped because it wasn’t working well.