My intuition had me valuing the property as follows - Post Renovation NOI / Market Cap Rate (used our purchase cap rate) = Estimated Post-Renovation Value.

As a buyer who has a pretty good idea of what's going on in a house, I find inspection reports useless. 90% of what the inspector puts in that report is intuitively obvious.

He somewhat arrogantly replied that their service is for "property locators"--which is the definition of the term, I said.At this point, my scammer intuition was going off.

It is also counter intuitive but in reality, a biger asset is actually easier to manage, maintain ...etc.If you want to learn more about it feel free to check out this meet up:meetup.com/Los-Gatos-Real-Estate-Networking-Meetup/

Eventhough that has cost $6,000 a semester just in tuition plus her aprtment and other things.

On the input and analysis side there is a lot of info and data, much of it relevant on one level or another, but how you process it internally and derive your conclusion is much more intuitive.  

This may sound counter intuitive but I’ve always just kept it in my head.

Hello @Genera Tiffany.learning from a mentor is crucial at least a couple of times before you learn to do things on your owni would say go with your intuition

So buying when homes are pending within 4 hours of listing (and often for well over the asking price) seems to be counter-intuitive. 

I have used this service and find it to be a good product with a straight forward and intuitive interface.