I'm eager to learn about how to find and fund properties that help my family financially and my community with affordable/reasonable dwellings for young families and newlyweds.

And plenty of people wholesale mls all the time and get deals it's actually quite common.

Everyone thinks they can paint but there's a big difference between a professional paint job and a non-professional one (the latter usually actually damages the property instead of improving it). 

What would you consider the reason for your success?

This is a unique home and it actually has a full kitchen, 2 bed and 1 bath downstairs and I think it might be well suited as a very large vacation rental(entire home) or both floors being rented separately at some point in time.  

The reason to have comparables is if you are representing someone or perhaps purchasing a house for yourself to live in.

.🔹 Insurance Challenges – Even when insurance pays, it rarely covers the actual cost to completely rebuild.

A reasonableness standard is applied to negligence claims and I would argue a property owner who owns real estate in the Poconos and knows the property is left vacant due to the owners decision to lease the property as a short term rental should know that the pipes are more inclined to freeze and therefore should install heat tracing lines or other measure to ensure the plumbing lines do not freeze.

I don't know if this is actually in an A or B neighborhood, but would a duplex like this interest you: https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/116-Regent...?

However, you must take care of the reason why it's happening.  9 times out of 10, it's a leaky pipe behind the wall or a humidity issue.