For example, a big criteria investors look for is monthly rates/cash flow/cash on cash (however you want to distinguish). 

I guess I just need to continue analyzing deals to gain more confidence in my ability to distinguish good properties from bad.

I do think their overall occupancy rating can be skewed a bit because they can't distinguish between days that went are rented or days that the owner took the house off the market for personal use. 

When people distinguish between a good and what they may call a bad school in those systems, they are talking about the difference between 99% grad rates vs like 95%.

The company distinguished itself from its competitors by steering clear of speculative land development, instead acquiring a manageable few hundred acres of land at a time and selling from model homes.

You need to distinguish between someone like Amanda that is a property investor with 2 or 3 properties versus a property manager.

Remodeling is Tenant Improvements, we can still distinguish between common area improvements (LL cost) or tenant can pay.Also consider if one party damages the portion, they would be liable regardless.

Personally, I keep rents just under market to minimize vacancy, but if your interest from qualified (important that you distinguish qualified applicants from random people responding with a click to your post) renters is more than three in the first week, your price is probably too low and you should just raise it and check if the applicants are okay with it.

@JD Martin(I wish I could quote your post above, but when I do that the UI always messes with the formatting and it gets difficult to distinguish what the quoted user said and my responses to it.)1.

But even then, Gates is distinguishable on its face from the facts in your OP.