After you identify what avatar wants to find you, go looking as if you were them. 

We try to get ahead of the issue by preventing it in the first place.

Hre are the key things to knowWhat you are bidding on - often oddball properties that are hard to identify and have little value are auctioned offThe true as is value of the property, The tax assessment can be way higher or way lower than the true as is valueThe local laws and how they affet your total costs and returns

As an example, we decided to replace the windows in a house we were renovating and ended up costing us $50,000 extra because we got into issues with permitting and suddenly found ourselves having to hire an architect, speciality contractors, etc.  

(Property Meld for one)--- Owners often think a PMC can just enter a tenant's home to make repairs, but don't really understand the potential legal issues of entering when a tenant is not home.--- Owners don't understand the percentage of maintenance appointments tenants miss!

Our job is to rapidly identify, qualify and analyze all listings, tour the propsect as soon as possible and write workable and winnable offers.

So I have PriceLabs set to identify those weekdays and automatically apply a steep discount, beyond what it thinks the weekday price should be. 

There's a good chance the issue(s) you face has already been discussed and answered.Ask questions in the appropriate forum.

If money is an issue I would tell you to take the course that is about building and flipping houses. 

Each week, I analyze the MLS, exploring cities and towns across South Florida to identify areas favorable (or not) to short-term rentals.