There's also way too much variability between individual houses for AI to capture and analyze. 

Reserve requirement is now 6 months. 5% down.With these new low rates opportunity to capture higher cash flow at same cap rates as when interest rates were higher is now present.

I invest in C class and, while the cash flow can be great, it is tough to get the appraisals high enough to capture the purchase, rehab and other costs.

House purchases online will continue to grow and hedge funds and people with a lot of cash will continue to increase their frequency in buying homes to capture equity, especially after a downward period of prices, but there will always be the relationship with folks that can get you deals. 

I see that on vrbo, where the owners have really gone out of their way to reno/improve the units and want to capture a premium above the "gold" standard for the complex.thanks!

If the owner has equity, the bank cannot go above and beyond to capture that equity as well.If the borrower wants to sell, all they need to do is request a payoff from the bank.

Our background has been equity investments, but with the market returns and interest rates where they are we've been looking for a change of strategy to capture yield.

@Charles Alexander I really like Everett as it is positioned well to capture the migration of people who are looking for something more affordable than Seattle but is still within commuting distance.

But other years they are able to capture large market movements.

These depreciations can only be captured at the sale of the RE Investment and will not help to offset W@ income.