Do they include energy tax benefits within their study?

There are a ton of PMs in Austin, for example, including a bunch of national and local brokerages so the competition is thick.

The plan includes high-yield activities such as property flips and strategic acquisitions to provide liquidity and generate returns.

Yes, this means making an investment in a CRM that may include tools for direct mail, email, and text messaging... 

total return from an RE investment includes value added, appreciation, tax benefits, equity pay down, and the cash flow. 

And if all houses have not been fully rehabbed (we do fulls on every buy), some expected number for capital expenses should be included in that (IE if you have 3 years left on your roof you need to be deducting $X from that figure, repeat ad nauseum for all major capex).

Information including but not limited to: - Median Sale prices for different property types (SFR, MFR, Condo/HOA, etc.)- Average days on market- Absorption rate- Historical data on rents and sale prices in the area- Population growth- Main economic drivers (industries, individual companies, etc.)- Crime stats... if you know specific zip codes/submarkets that you'd like to target, the best data will come from local precincts. - and more..I'd recommend remaining active not only here on BiggerPockets, but in other valuable RE investment networks that you can find - i.e. local meetups (meetup.com, eventbrite, BP local events). 

I would never put in a gas range, oven, dryer or any other consumer product for tenants, because a lot of them are idiots and will kill themselves or someone else.

just to be candid, unless you're using some kind of creative strategy... you need a really solid amount of cash including reserves. 

Its at a ski resort so it seems like it would be time consuming.