With your renovation background, you're well-positioned to excel in house flipping.

Excellent framework for growing our portfolios

Buyers expect premium finishes, so skimping on quality can hurt resale potential.

They can't assess all the subjective data like overall layout, view from the living room window, the dogs next door that bark all day, the width of doorways, size of individual rooms, quality of kitchen cabinets and appliances, etc.The best thing to do is study your market regularly.

Are their listings detailed with good quality photos?

Full disclosure, I only deal in LTR at the moment, but I know when I am not getting the quality applicants or volume that I want, I will lower the price by $50 to $100 per week to spur more applications. 

A few things that newer investors should note:- it took 13 years to get there, you have to be patient- rents are high at about $1,750, so probably a quality neighborhood- looks like that is after vacancies, probably low turnover?

Excellent explanation!

House hacking is an excellent strategy, especially with the potential to use an FHA loan to secure a property with a low down payment. 

The mailers I receive for my properties are not of a high enough quality, to make me believe the sender understands what gets a recipient to even open or read the mailer, let alone respond.