., new renovation, outdoor space, free parking, in unit laundry, extra storage, utilities included in rent.   

Data, data, data.We do NOT guess on appreciation, we have data and fact driven details, knowledge and insight of what the future is, the numbers, and fact based future casting for EVERYTHING including median home price etc.. 

I make sure to be there when the appraiser is visiting the home and print out data on appreciation rates and comps and give him/her a personal opinion on where we believe the home should be appraised at.

If you don't live there this is important for everyone and good investment if you ask me.I have to think a court would listen to some reason over the data.

and there are so many extra things you still have to pay for after I payed the 27k, it is ridiculous.

Alternatively, partnering with a reliable GC can help you scale without adding extra responsibilities.

For an extra 800/m (this is a random number)It usually isnt worth it.The investors who have the best success do the following things:1.

That would mean the extra 5k would technically come out of my pocket, right? 

Realtor.com has a lot of data on rent cost and housing prices. - What driving factors should I take into account when l'm looking for an up n' coming hot markets?

With the election over and the New year approaching ,its a waiting game for that extra 1/2 or full point to come down.