That being said, the purpose of the post is to find out which market is best for me to direct my efforts, so if someone thinks that last statement of mine is wrong, I'm all ears.  

"these clients sold her wedding ring to get in to last mod 3 yrs ago and still lost the home" and they are divorcing now.  

I am their eyes and ears and they trust me implicitly to identify a strong property that they will love.

The crazy accelerated losses on your Schedule E are great for taxes in the interim, but it confuses the hell out of lending institutions that follow a traditional model of just assuming you lost a lot of money on these deals.

Maximizing profit also maximizes work - there's no free lunch in life - so I play it by ear.

This is a fairly dense, inner ring suburb, so they maintained the typical 1/2 mile radius, but utilized 12 months of sales data versus the typical 6 months used on single family.  

The 'monitored without your consent' hopefully refers to homeowner initiated stuff like Ring doorbells, but if the language doesn't make that clear it's worth asking.The 'protection period' is so that untrustworthy buyers don't get an agent to work hard for them for months, ditch the agreement or let it expire, then go on to buy a property the agent helped them find and/or investigate without the agent getting paid for their work.

And if you train your ears to listen for all the many clues a Seller will give you (a couple of which I described in #1 and #2 above), you’ll find that the Seller often opens the door to Seller Financing, and is practically asking you to walk through it.You Can Do It!

I am all ears there’s still so much to learn and this is a great place to learn from all of you.

You can play it by ear and search for both at the same time.