This should be the hottest time in the market but it seems to be oddly cool right now (mind you its still a hot market but not boiling over like it should be).I'm going to go out on a limb with nothing to really base on but next summer is when things could be the transissionary period.

The odds of them staying together are slim.

It  was odd that he was willing to give up the property for $20K because none of that money goes towards the mortgage.

The odds of this RANDOMLY happening aren't zero, but darn close.So, MY QUESTION IS, when a sitting house gets ANY interest, do agents have some secret MLS list that blasts out houses with "new interest"?

I’m at the point where I’d like to find 1-3 markets I can actively work to help increase the odds of finding the right deals.Hopefully some veterans out there can help me streamline my research skills.

What are the odds you'll sell to an owner who might fall in love and pay a premium and not an investor who will try to cut a deal?

Its odd that pipes are bursting. 

Even if they did survive, what are the odds they would have jumped on her the first night she occupied the home?

Odds of obtaining such a situation, probably 1 in 100. 

The only thing I see in your analysis that struck me as somewhat odd, is that you are basing your analysis off SFH.