Other competitors are businesses like HouseBuyerNetwork.com and ZBuyer.com.You'll find there are 2 kinds - exclusive leads which only you get and cost maybe $100 each, and non-exclusive leads which are sold to multiple investors at a fraction of the cost, but also a fraction of the value.  

If a deal doesn't pass and falls through, thier buyer is back out looking, depending on thier agreement, it can expire and the Realtor may see you as a possible competitor.

The two apartment REITs I got a chance to analyze yesterday are AlavonBay Communities (AYB) and its competitor Archstone-Smith Trust (ASN).

You'll find HGTV lover who THOUGHT they learned something from "Flip or Flop" and lost their shirts.Funny thing is I just can't tell you how many times I've rolled up on a property at the same time as one of my competitors (in truth most of us around here are colleagues).

I am looking into this method so as to get ahead of my competitors and offer homes to a wider range of buyers.

It was overpriced at the list price of $120k, so many of my competitors probably ignored it.

Or even a guarantee along the lines of having them match a major competitors bid for work after the fact to prevent them from gouging you? 

Being in construction, you are more qualified to self rehab or self what ever the value add is than most of your competitors that will have to hire out much of the work.  

I strongly suggest the following:Complete your profile and upload a face pix such that you'd be recognizable in person.You are asking some pretty granular questions for a site populated by 80-90%+ starters.This being said, what you are describing are offline>online>offline strategies.Sending highly targeted direct response mail pieces, even PURL (personalized URL's) now has the challenge of keeping the prospect engaged during conversion and the high possibility of them beginning to search other site of competitors, now that you got them to go online. 

To figure this out you might want to look at a few of your close in competitors and see what they're asking for the rent as if you get an idea of how long they've been on market.