One thing I really appreciate is their emphasis on property visits and providing a due diligence checklist, which is invaluable for new investors.

I'm wondering if you think it's attainable today considering your emphasis on "a really good market"?

As such, we need to place an emphasis on preserving the current stock of affordable housing that is already on the market.

Invelo is more of an all in one solution to finding, managing and moving off market sellers through the sales process with an emphasis on education and community.

The cons as i see it include loosing the 2 of 5 year cap gain exception, typically not an ideal rental because the emphasis at purchase was buying a good home for your family and not a rental with optimal return (my ex-home consistently has the lowest cash flow for equity in my RE portfolio), not disconnected enough from the property causes addition angst on damage and may result in over improvement.  

You mentioned the following: "Take a look at what markets you are planning on starting in and make sure it is a growing market where the appreciation is obvious (emphasis added)."

Your emphasis on efficient housing strikes the right tone for me, as that is what I definitely envision for my house project.

I really appreciate the emphasis on simplicity and clarity—especially the advice about keeping non-operating expenses separate from NOI.

They may not be smoking inside.From the OP's post (emphasis mine):Thank you all for your feedback.

The "deal killer" name is for emphasis, but the five traits are the description.