Investment Criteria:• “Core” strategy – High-quality properties with minimal renovations or maintenance issues• Stable tenants & cash flow – Long-term leases, steady occupancy• Commercial preference (?)

I would highly suggest finding a bookkeeper who specializes in REI as our industry is a different animal that a regular business and the bookkeeping is a bit specialized as well.

A truly "motivated" seller tends to not really care the amount of earnest money and you could also structure your EM due at end of your inspection period. 

I have 3 per property and find that to be the best way for me to take advantage of their high APY and also keep things super organized.

High rental demand (Section 8 too).

Here are a few things to check:Listing Quality – Are the photos high quality?

that we’ve learned in our 24 years, managing almost 700 doors across the Metro Detroit area, including almost 100 S8 leases:Class A Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, 3-5 years for positive cashflow, but you get highest relative rent & value appreciation.Vacancy Est: Historically 10%, 5% the more recent norm.Tenant Pool: Majority will have FICO scores of 680+ (roughly 5% probability of default), zero evictions in last 7 years.Class B Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, decent amount of relative rent & value appreciation.Vacancy Est: Historically 10%, 5% should be applied only if proper research done to support.Tenant Pool: Majority will have FICO scores of 620-680 (around 10% probability of default), some blemishes, but should have no evictions in last 5 yearsClass C Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, high cashflow and at the lower end of relative rent & value appreciation.

I feel as though my home is priced too high, however, my property manager insists the price is competitive.  

@Karolina Powell Just some high level thoughtsDeal #1:This is probably something I would only be interested in if there's equity to be had right off the bat or soonish.

However I have used some of apifys scrapers (for non real estate uses) and was highly satisfied with the value for the price: https://apify.com/tri_angle/redfin-search It looks like it’s for listed properties only?