Before BP and people like you, I felt l like I was  in a dark room with tiny flash light, able to  reveal  a little bit of information  at a time.  

I'm sure visit to Assessors /recorder office would likely reveal more I don't have time for on-site visits.

I would check Zillow, realtor, Redfin, trulia etc for recently sold properties that match up well with the subject property.Speaking with the seller or seller's agent could reveal some things but its too obvious to ask "whats wrong with this place?"

Inspection revealed many issues with plumbing, electrical as well as cosmetics.

In addition to this, as I said, I would be willing to contribute work/time to the broker's business, but I don't aspire to be a full-time agent.Even so, your response as well as Charlie's, reveal some things that were not obvious to me before... 

What part of the market cycle is this demand (rising prices rents reveal cycles).

The point is to get the investor to believe in you.Your argument that people make decisions based on emotion fails to realize that investors aren't average people and they most certainly DO NOT make investment decisions based on emotions; maybe their instincts but not on emotion.Your analogy between bibles and alcohol reveals nothing and we can draw no value from it.

@Sami Gren I don't remember the brand it may have been trafficmaster but like I said it was 5 years ago, they had a paper backing that you pulled off to reveal the adhesive. 

@Kyle Marcotte I agree completely with your point of view on cap rates and would add that something similar could be said for all metrics: they’re useful when taken all together and in conjunction with some construction knowledge in order to give a snapshot of the overall quality of a property, but no single metric reveals a whole lot about a property by itself.

In selling property they own, or in which they have any interest, REALTORS® shall reveal their ownership or interest in writing to the purchaser or the purchaser’s representative.