Seemingly identical cookie cutter houses on the same street could have widely different rents.

She said it was a rig that had an auxiliary fire extinguisher with some type of "intelligent" sensors under the vent hood.

I immediately said this is a major fire hazard and disconnected the rigged up wire.

As of rig Now I’m just gathering as much information as I can as well as saving.

Since I am buying from builder and they do cookie cutter homes, there is no room for negogiations or upgrades.

Mostly, Westland, Sterling Heights, Wayne, anything cookie cutter. 

So things like charming curb appeal - not "cookie cutter" - hardwood floors - front porch - unique style of some kind. 

Big box national will usually have the better rates/terms/etc for 100% vanilla cookie cutter full doc type scenarios, higher standards to get them all around.Sometimes a regional will have a full doc 100% vanilla HELOC that's where the big nationals are for rate/terms, and of course just as hard to actually get, you just have to call and ask.I field these phone calls and refer them out to who I think will be the best fit, but it's not like the Fannie stuff where I can be super accurate b/c I have a search engine showing a zillion banks and their exact rates/fees, it's more like "oh xyz type scenario, regional bank abc is usually really good."

I feel like I could be leaving lots of money/opportunities on the table when deals don't fall into the cookie cutter mold(purchase @ 70% ARV minus repair costs).

@Patrick Strain's comment about 'no strategy'-- I totally agree--no cookie cutters for me either!