The items that are now happening in the Indianapolis region began many years ago.

OP couple other items:1. 

If the area is full of short term rentals (investor buyers) then the HOA is a big line item expense and does have an effect on the price.

Hi, I have done a few flip houses and I have staged them minimally with a few items like towels, baskets, flowers inside etc. 

., Inspect Mechanical items, Water Heater Age, Roof, and Appliances. 

So far as actual days of the week, Mondays can be busy with regular operational items, weekly reports, weekend follow-up, etc but generally speaking Friday is much busier than Monday because teams are getting ready for weekend move-ins and more people come to see apartments Friday/Saturday than any other day of the week. 

I can also infer a few other items in later points, such as vacation destination, no sales tax, and a commuter state. b.

A good rule of thumb is to plan on spending approx $10k on all the standard items for your unit like your washer & dryer, linens, small appliances, dishware & cookware etc., plus $2-3k per bedroom.

I can't help you on the agent part of things, but I do think making a list of all the steps you need to do to buy a property (find and agent, get prequalified for a loan, make x number of offers) and then put that list above anything else (regarding real estate) and try to start crossing one item off after another could help. 

Let's say the tenant has a horse and someone stops by the property to buy an item they saw on Craigslist.