After doing much research, I decided to reach out to one of the home owners on Facebook and asked if she'd be interested in selling.

How much of your free-time goes into research versus actual hands-on work on-site?

If you want an in-depth view I would:- Research government statistics (population growth, median prices, appreciation, etc)- Qualitative research- Go to meetups, talk to investors (you won't find it hard to find someone investing out of state in OH)- Use softwares like rentometer, Vestmap, etc that's what I always say.

But the way this unfolded was I did the research and could have obtained a Letter of No Objection.  

Hey @Lake Bradford Your research has served you well!

My goal is to provide as much value to the developer as possible by doing as much research as I can. 

I’ll need to conduct some further research, but I wanted to ask your approach.

I just want to give an overview of the characteristics of the city and people for the sake of adding any bit of valid information to your research.

Obviously I would charge more for this (research shows 25% - 35% over LTR rate), and I wouldn't be furnishing the house.

Research the market, use data analysis tools, build a team with experienced professionals, and practice deal analysis.