This is a no-brainer to me, and the others have already mentioned it.

Quote from @Austin Wolff: Hey Kegan, I published on article on BiggerPockets specifically to answer this question for people like you (and selfishly for myself):The 10 Best Markets for Your First House HackNone of the states you mentioned are on this list, however.

Hadn't heard Azibo mentioned before so I'll look into that.I'm purchasing with a bit of equity to start, plus I'll have put 25% down on purchase and am making a few upgrades.

I'm taking everything you mentioned into consideration.  

For example:Second, under their "About us" link, click on "Management" and you'll see a "Meet the Team" page where there's the following photo/info for this James LaPushner fellow you mentioned (which says he was born in New Zealand):However, if you do a reverse Google image search on this photo, you'll find that it's posted on several other sites, including this one: https://planetaseminarov.ru/people/konstantin-baksht.htmlHere's a photo of him from this page:This page is written in Russian, but if you translate it, it says his name is Konstantin Baksht, he lives in Moscow Russia, and he is the owner and CEO of the international consulting company Baksht Consulting Group. 

You mentioned there are multiple parcels, is this just a coincidence or historically are similar parcels available? 

A small correction on @Brian Burke mentioned about the centralized location, while there's no one place, there're actually multiple places, that offer view and feedback on a variety of syndicators.

As @Robin Smith mentioned, for assessing demand I used FurnishedFinder.com/stats; you can see demand data for a given city and some pricing data too.

An agent is ON YOUR SIDE as opposed to the wholesalers and investors you mention who are in it to make as MUCH AS POSSIBLE FOR THEMSELVES!

I'll also mention that one such outfit informed me that insurers use an estimation software which provides standard rates for all phases of construction work.