But damned if I can find anything online about landlords using it!

I'm considering purchasing a condo or a small SFH in the Oceanside/Carlsbad area as an investment property and renting it out on a short term rental site like AirBNB. 

My recommendation would be to get approved as a Landlord, contact the director's office and request that an inspection be completed before a tenant is selected (sometimes they will do this as long as you select a tenant within 14 days - which you want anyways), and have an online application and screening resource in place.  

Inflated ARVs - Im starting to see this on cashout refi's and purchases as well.

Your goal is to plant the idea in their mind and create a situation where selling to you feels like the easiest and most logical solution for them.If you haven’t already, the first step is to get pre-approved for a mortgage so you know what you could afford if you were to purchase the property conventionally.

I've been running the numbers on different properties using a variety of online calculators for properties that I initially thought looked like there may be potential.

I just stumbled upon it online and I’m trying to research it myself. 

Purchase price: $154,431 Cash invested: $122,578 Sale price: $309,100 Hurricane flooded fix and flip.

Congratulations on your recent home purchase!

That means an 800K purchase and a 200K rehab (1 million invested) can result in a 400K tax credit that results in 360K CASH back in the pocket of the investor.