I tried the Reia and it's basically a giant sales pitch

I had a few phone calls with Pricelabs, and their basic premise was pretty convincing:  "We are going to help you book your rental for as much as we can, as often as we can." 

@Albert Gallucci as many have pointed out, in the commercial space of 100+ apartment buildings and offices, property classes have some pretty decent industry standards.We started applying these to 1-4 unit properties around 10 years ago, which you can verify on our blogs, because we saw too many newbie investors not properly taking into account things like, neighborhood status, tenant pool, property condition, etc.Unfortunately, there's no industry standard for this, but you can use some basic logic to think your way through your own Classifications.

You basically have to find a team or make one and even then, it is very hard and most of the time, you work for free for them or it's hard to find people to make a team.

Being the military, it had that definite institutional overtone to it, but the basic premise was the same.I recently toured a new senior's complex in which on end - for those who were still relatively self sufficient - had individual units (bedroom, sitting room / kitchenette ... effectively a bachelor apartment but without a full kitchen) clustered together in groups of 4 with their own common room / kitchen and courtyard.On the other side of the complex were units for those who required more assisted living.  

Real estate is basically an income producing and or capital gain producing investment.  

that is basically not happening...

basically if anyone has any tips when it comes to researching plots of land in order to make the right purchase i would greatly appreciate it get with a realtor. we underwrite land at no more than 10% of after built value. in our market we build under the average new build value which is about 515k. we like to be around 420-450k and smaller footprint about 1500 sq ft with attached garages. we build close to urban core where everyone wants to live and net migrations match up. but suburban is fine. if you give more context I can help but in most markets land is a buyers market. most people aren't looking at it or buying it. 

You'd basically be doing it entirely new.   

(aerial measurement).The renovation list is pretty long—roof, HVAC, windows, full interior updates, electrical, plumbing, landscaping... basically a full gut.