If you want the deals others MAY not be paying attention to, you need to search using methods that others aren't using.As far as using your agent, I would be careful about sending them on wild goose chases and offering on dozens of properties, of which most will not pan out.

It varies wildly investor to investor.This question is posed to help me better present to buyers.

Similar to the stock market being developed in the early 1900s, it is  still the wild Wild West in this space and many believe in the immense potential of this technology to improve the world.  

If I had to take a wild guess, I would suspect the lack of a second or separated living space is the likely culprit, for which there is no cure other than finding that buyer who wants to get as cozy with their family as possible, and they are certainly out there.

So interesting to hear everyone’s opinions which are often wildly different!

How he could answer some of those questions without being the actual company doing the rehab is wild.

Now, if you're activly buying more properties, rehabbing, or whatever, that would count, too.Al Alieo (RE tax guru) claims activities such as watching "girls gone wild" (they're potential tenants) would count, too.

There is little homogeneity to commercial real estate when you leave the NNN single tenant arena...and even then, markets in the single tenant arena vary wildly.  

It's still the wild west but I suspect we'll see some serious measures to clean it up in the next 3-5 years.

Closing costs in New York can vary wildly from lender to lender (I moved to Texas from NY) so please do shop around.