For example, even a motivated seller is likely to tell you they "aren't in a hurry", "don't really need to sell", or "only want to know what you might offer", etc, but if they also tell you "it needs a lot of work", that's an indicator to me that I want to get out there and see the property, and we have a good chance of doing the deal. 

Hello Taylor Vick The best indicators of value should be the sales from the subject's project.

Its what type of assets, their PP, and market where purchased as TK investments which will indicate the quality of service the TK provider can provide.For example, you are in Redwood City CA.

Portfolio loan terms, as @Andrew Postell indicated, have much more robust rules that you may or may-not be too keen on. 

If IRR is greater than required rate of return, then indications are buy, otherwise, if IRR is less than required rate of return, then pass.Given that most hard money lenders are at least 10% if not more like 12-15% that should be your target for a return.

If the tenants ever ask if you are the owner indicate you are part of the ownership group. 

These piles are driven into the soil until it meets the required depth and torque resistance, which indicates that the helix has reached a layer of soil that provides adequate bearing capacity.

Thanks, but I guess my question is more, do high property taxes generally pose a general negative indicator?  

The key here is to know what's in your HOA documents.Generally what happens in a situation like this is that you would make a claim on your insurance and then they would subrogate it to the responsible party (either the HOA or the other unit owner), so I'm surprised that your insurance company is giving you the run around.Make sure you've got a written statement from YOUR plumber indicating where the plumbing fault came from and, before you patch the drywall, get the HOAs plumber in to look as well (if they have one).  

If there are any areas of walls that need dings and dens fixed, I would be inclined to mark them on the wall and describe them in the scope.Make sure to indicate very specificallythey are required to clean up after themselves and to not clean their tools in your finished sinks.