No experience with Fairmount, but after a quick web search, they don't look any different than any other DSCR lender... which means they aren't special.Are you working with a broker? 

I just saw Dean Harris, the cohost of the program indicating that he can send it directly.

I've used other programs in the past (Quickbooks) and an old fashioned spreadsheet, but neither worked for me.

For help with the section-8 process, it's very important to have a PM that's familiar and connected with the HUD programs in the selected market. 

I worked with a DFY arbitrage program that found me an arbitrage property in Arvada CO which made me about 50k net. 

They are not even programmed to do far simpler sniffing tasks than this, and a year-to-year comparison is extremely hard to automate, both technically and logically.Who does it, then?

It is precisely because of mentoring programs that teach strategies and techniques to people who do not have any grasp of the three afore mentioned fundamentals that we have such a mess with “wholesaling” and “subject to” that governmental authorities are figuring ways to heavily regulate or outright ban these activities in the residential real estate field. 

But no, that's not the programing you received so your going with regurgitation vs thinking things through here. 

So, I've asked several times, how do I save with this program if I'm paying you 23% and have the same bills.

The exception would be a superior website maintained for SEO, IF your investment program is large enough to cover the $5k upfront cost and the $500 per month maintenance for an optimized website.