Hey Caleb,The short answer is yes—MLS systems are regional, so photo availability and listing practices can vary quite a bit.

However, many times its just not practical or cost effective to put the work into it because in many cases its not easy to do.

I'm not a lawyer or anything, this is just coming from what I've learned on here, there are many valuable old threads about this topic on here like this one:https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/83/topics/86029-subject....and this one:https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/311/topics/183825-due-o..How is it working our for you in practice?

They have rules and best practices about how we put these deals together which has collectively saved us from much of the pain being experienced right now in the multifamily space. 

Find Brandon's videos on YouTube for the "four square" method of analyzing homes and practice.

Just seems like an odd business practice to shovel everything under the rug.

You make it so easy, you're so obvious, one need not travel further than the second sentence on your web page to find the first lie -- you may find yourself being accountable over silly practices and small dollars.

Without reserves, they might be unable to evict tenants or prepare the units once they are vacant.Great points—walking the property and speaking with tenants during due diligence is a practice we now prioritize, along with running tenant histories through eviction databases.

Just because a technique for acquiring or earning money is popularized by gurus and practiced unethically by the gurus students does not mean that the technique itself is a scam, unethical, immoral, or that the participants aren’t honest.   

I prefer AZ myself personally (lived in Prescott 4 years and Tucson for one and loved both places), but for many people NYC can’t be beat especially if they’re trying to make a name for themselves in careers in finance, art, theatre, music etc. it’s practically a requirement to live there for certain careers.