Because you need your business cards and lead capturing websites to begin networking or you look extremely unprepared.

I see on one of their screen captures a 'convenience fee' listed.  

Not this year or last year, but the long term averages over the last 30+ years, certainly long enough time period to capture both up markets and down markets and being careful not to cherry pick your start or end dates to be an up or down market.If after underwriting with those averages and other reasonable projections you still like the investment under nominal scenarios, then you need to stress test your investment to make sure that under any bad (but still somewhat reasonable) circumstance you have the intent and ability to hold onto this property, or at the very lease have multiple exit strategies to sell at profit if you need or choose to.

Ryan Rogers: Glad to hear you captured the unicorn in the room.

We try to have our marketing land in their lap at that precise time to capture their interest.  

I recently created my website to capture motivated seller leads.

My daughter is a chef also I know the hard work you guys put in.Locate and attend 3 different local REIA club meetings great place to meet people gather resources and info.

Square footage increases will often be captured, but remodeling of the same square footage often will not.Assessments also vary by jurisdiction. 

I know there are advantages of investing in markets not near you (notably: diversification, and trying to capture a good market.

I made a lead capture website over the weekend and I'll spend some time tonight figuring out how to drive traffic.