Either a CRM approach which centered around homeowner engagement, followups, collaboration and communication with your power team.   

In my experience, appraisers these days very much like to engage in personal conversation.

I just came across a video on youtube called How to structure you real estate flipping business with Toby Mathis. 

send me a PM and I created a quick video series of starting a LLC - goes into getting an EIN, registering with state, registered agent etc.

I ran into Toby's YouTube videos and they are great!   

However, the communication from the corporate office appears to be directly from the owner, Michael, who has proactively engaged with me and my associates through a call to address our questions and concerns.

Starbucks has the ability to select upcoming neighborhoods for their stores to be built due to the fact they have a team specifically for this reason by using demographic and property data , buying up these locations before home prices increase in value with the average home within a quarter mile of a Starbucks rises in property value by 96% don't quote me on this, I heard all of this from a YouTube video so I was wondering if any fellow real estate investors have any evidence that this theory is true so we all could piggy back off this by looking into future Starbucks stores being built?

Hi Dasha,Very cool to see someone 16 years old on the BiggerPockets forum with an interest in professional life and investing time into their future rather than endlessly scrolling through social media videos! 

It helped you go over some obstacles knowing that your brother is there, although he was not really fully engaged and liable in any way. 

Record a video as I enter the rental, documenting it exactly how I found it.2.