You said you live in Austin, no better way to learn than directly so, there is a syndication group Viking Capital LLC, that is buying/raising for a 252 unit property in NewBraunfels, about 45 min south of Austin, watch their webinar at their website below and they have an 82 pg slide show as well, then take a 3 hour trip to go see it, walk the property, go into office ask about the units available/leasing how the market is from the office staff, look around for quality of property/deferred maintenace needed then drive the area for other competitor properties.

If they are offering unheard of rates or LTV, then all their competitors would be out of business. 

We select a list of top 10 competitors in the neighborhood and monitor their pricing closely, adjusting our pricing to theirs after considering reviews, condition of the home, occupancy, etc.4.

We have seen competitors, or people in other businesses that compete with TK, posting things like this from fake accounts to deter people from exploring certain types of investing.

By having tenants pay those bills themselves, we are reducing our expenses, and able to charge less rent than our competitors who are including those expenses in the rent. 

How could they raise their price if their competitor is increasing lolmany times, the syndicator exist because they get  paid for free by LP.

It has two main competitors that I know of Appfolio and Buildium.

.* General accounting platforms: This includes Quickbooks/Quickbooks Online (the 800 pound gorilla), and competitors like Wave, Zoho Books, etc.

I plan to sign up for a free trial on this platform: https://urlbox.com/screenshot-api After some reading about this, my idea is to: - check which companies are selling in my area and create a visual database of their listings (Zillow); - use automated screenshots for competitor analysis (locations, prices, open houses nearby); - track SERPs - track my progress in different queries to analyze the success of my campaigns;- possibly create visuals for social media/presentations As we all know, it's one thing to read that something is a good idea and another how it is implemented in practice.

But hey, by all means, everyone can feel it's all impossible and exit the industry, I am more than happy to have all the less competitors.