Gather data on comparable properties, their rental rates, and occupancy levels to present to lenders.

If you want this to be a real business, test out pricing levels to see what the market will bear.

They also have very rigorous requirements (again test results near or just below the detection levels) for getting a "clean" house.

Which the house was condemned and was easy to demo to ground level and build back which would have know mortgage and allow us to save for two more properties cash.

In the upstate, the damage is not like what you get with a tornado where buildings are leveled nor is there massive flooding (like we've heard there is in Western NC). 

I have been wholesaling since 2017 at a high volume level but we also take down too.

Also currently it just caters for LTRs.If you can go past the level of detail I would love to hear any feedback from anyone interested, and especially from any Excel gurus, accountants, investors or tax experts out there with a keen eye. 

Class A-D results shouldn't matter in the level of oversight of property (even before tenant placement) and quality of repair work.

I agree with just about everything said already, but just to echo some of it: it's all where your entry level and investing goals are. 

So I told him lets let them mine the clay but leave us level ground and at the least we can gravel it and do out door storage :)