And most investors don't want to hear this but you have to pay for a feasibility review even though this is just a prospective property.

I even have a friend who received an unfounded complaint from a neighbor (the neighbor was just against STRs, no events/parties that occurred), and now their property is temporarily banned/under review, regardless of them abiding by all rules.

Does anyone have any suggestions for areas with newer SF homes offering decent cash flow to review?  

To ensure accuracy, verify comps manually by reviewing recent sales in the area, property condition, and similar features.

There are likely at least subtle differences between those proposals.In terms of good and bad experiences, you won't find an insurance company that doesn't produce happy and unhappy customers.  

NCREIF produced the first property level return index, the NCREIF Property Index (NPI), dating back to 1978 tocapture investment performance records that meet the rigorous scrutiny and review of major investors and academia.What is the NFI-ODCE?

So, we obtain a full credit report and review collections, chargeoffs, age of credit accounts, active accounts, etc. to build an overall credit evaluation.Public RecordsWe also obtain data from national databases about evictions, convictions and sex-offender histories.

Good points, I would just insert that most delays nowadays are not the fault of the contractor, but rather the customer who is constantly changing things in the original scope of work.

These were custom homes & when the subdivision grading was done we did not know the size of the homes nor their driveway locations.

The first has good live customer service you can chat with (Jack), but he can't do a .... thing about anything.