2) If you advertise your property for rent at $1300, S8 won't pay the pure rent of $1550 - which would be over market.There are several scammers promoting themselves as S8 gurus online that use questionable means to get around #2 above. 

But they both worked for the same company, were supposed to use the same methodology and certainly had access to their own prior results for the very same property.If we did not need to adjust the total rehab costs, we would have only had the first report.

Focus on Tax EfficiencyTax-Loss Harvesting: Use taxable accounts to offset gains with losses, minimizing your tax bill.HSA Contributions: If you have access to a Health Savings Account (HSA), max it out.

Do you have access to off market deals that an investor friendly realtors tend to have? 

Using Whole Life insurance is a important cog in that plan.I would personally put my assets inside a BDIT (Beneficiary Defective Inheritor's Trust), or a SLAT (Spousal Lifetime Access Trust) to freeze the estate at $10mm.  

And no lender advertises they do it..

Raise the price back up and advertise offering rate buy down.

You may not be like that, but you have to prove yourself to a good agent, not the other way around.How would you do all of the due diligence, get inspectors, get access, on an out-of-state property with an agent who is working only for you?

You could try your hand at one of the numerous online services that advertise this stuff but I've found it better to start the relationship early with an actual person as opposed to a faceless online service. 

I advertise my MTR space on Furnished Finder only.