You can meet your appraiser when he goes, maybe help clear things up.

Attend local real estate investor (REI) meetings and get to know people.

If they aren't sending you personalized investment deals that meet your buying criteria, they are NOT a good agent!

Builders are stepping up to meet demand, and buyers are taking advantage of opportunities in new construction that they simply can’t find in the existing-home market right now.

Hopefully, not an expensive tenant or Fair Housing lawsuit.100% of what @Travis Biziorek states is true, but he left out a key fact - he lived in the Detroit area when he started investing here, so was able to self-manage and meet everyone he had to hire face-to-face.

There is a free version that allows you to do the planning, analysis and estimating that I would recommend you try before deciding to purchase the full version to see if this meets your needs. 

If landlords fail to meet their responsibilities, they’re fined immediately.

For example, I hate to sell anything, but I am selling two properties to raise funds for a new primary that meets my goals.Study the market and really lock in what it will rent for.

However, you could look into a “construction exchange” where the funds are used to improve a new property acquired through the exchange, but it must meet specific IRS rules within the time frame. 

I would recommend reaching out to the brokerages and see if you can do a presentation at their team meeting.