10 mile radius is way too broad for rent comps. 

Amazed to see some seriously uninformed people on parade here.But crypto has always been polarizing.I encourage people, by the way, to bother to learn about crypto more broadly.

For example, Fountain Square or the Near Eastside will jump to 30 days on market around Halloween, despite the fact Broad Ripple or Fishers will remain ultra-competitive because of their respective higher demand / low inventory. 

So when you’re painting a broad brush stroke of “syndicators”, you’re referring specifically to a few select bad actors but mostly the inexperienced syndicators that flooded social media the past 5 years with dreams of getting rich quick.

You aren't buying a home for yourself, so if you cast a broad enough net you can find seller's in difficult situations and negotiate a better deal.

We’re in the same process and having seen several quotes the spectrum can vary greatly. 

I’ve always thought of real estate as a spectrum with real estate business on one end and passive investing in real estate on the other.  

We are just starting out in all this and I have been looking at a few potential broad markets/states to start doing OOS investments, potentially in Ohio, Alabama, Connecticut, North Carolina, Illinois, Minnesota (I know - lots on the list). 

You are being very broad- each market is it's own market- and you can't categorize this broadly.

I don't know if this is one of the new things or not, but this is now in there under 3.7.7, "You also acknowledge and agree that we may on occasion offer discount pricing for your Property; provided that (i) any such offers will be available with respect to a broad number of Listings and not limited to your Property; (ii) we will provide you with electronic notice of such discount(s); and (iii) you may opt out of a particular offer."