At the bottom is a button that says "SUBMIT - $50", which takes them to my Intuit Payment Network checkout screen.

In fact, your words are encouraging because in some of the areas I'm evaluating for potential flips, that is exactly the case.So to paraphrase (I think), as long as there is "sufficient" good-condition inventory selling in the immediate area and fairly recently (to provide accurate comps and permit an appraisal to come back where you need it on resell) -- even if these sales are as little as 20% of the market, then you have viable flipping conditions.And intuitively I'd think that the greater the ratio of good-condition retail sales in your flip's area, then the better the odds of achieving success with your distressed flip.

My intuition tells me that neighborhood stability in turnover (meaning more long term ownership) and price would be good, assuming the neighborhood is desirable.

My intuition is that if a property is offered for sale it is the "market" price.

It would seem kind of counter-intuitive to me at least to try and get your bank to fund a deal that you don't even have yet.

I'm just fishing for a way to increase my income and my intuition is telling me that REI is it...it's just not completely telling me how.

@Nate Smoyer, As a customer I found the features to be mostly comparable for my use with innago, tenantcloud and avail. with 60 units at $5/unit/mo, avail would work out to be more expensive than appfolio or buildium. in avail's favor I found the interface to be more polished than innago and more intuitive than tenantcloud.

The first thing they want is proof that you are going to pay them back.It doesn't seem intuitive, but the no money down deals are much much easier to find if you've got money and good credit.One thing you could consider is to buy just one of those buildings.

And although I am hardworking, intelligent, creative, thorough and intuitively perceptive , I am (temporarily ) unsophisticated with this business, and I'm putting in too much trust in someone I really don't know.  

Some of the ones started by big names (Intuit, etc.) like SparkRent and others have gotten out or merged into others.