As an investor myself, I understand what we want to see from agents - I was more asking along the lines of the best ways to showcase properties and communication styles.

Until an 'investor' reaches critical mass (escape velocity) in number of units turning enough profit that even the occasional catastrophe won't  change their life style, it's got to be keep your head in the game and all hands on deck.It's all fun until it's not.  

But you will get a used house, possibly painted in an unusual style or smelling of neglected pets, and a lien.

The other option available to you is Fannie Mae Home style Renovation, which is a conventional loan program. 

Additions can range anywhere from $10k-40k or more depending on the contractor, the size of the addition, the style of home, and the finishes you choose. 

If the property suits our management style, we would then take over tenant communication and accounts receivables.

I personally don't like the architecture of that style of building. 

We ended up sacrificing one house by letting the bank take it back because we could no longer maintain it properly and pay the mortgage.

I've since gotten engaged and don't want to move a new bride into a makeshift apartment in a pole barn style shop but the price of building a shop and house of any size, currently, will "overbuild" the value of the location of the land so I've opted to just having a shop and buying a house in town. 

If I cannot find 3-5 I will extend the filter to include 6 months of sales before I go further than .5miRemember that a comp should have a similar style (don't compare ranches with 2 stories), similar construction (brick vs siding etc), and similar age (+-10 years if possible)