Win, Lose or Draw he's still in the records from your filing;-)Housing Court Judge, speaks to us at MassRealEstate dot net annually.

Even if you are not cash flowing on day one, that's okay (in my opinion), you're not paying the full mortgage on your own, which in of itself is a huge win and you learn other tangible real estate investing skills along the way by simply owning. 

The biggest win seems to be the fact that investors will be able to buy existing STR's and carry on with the business.

Even if you all used the same app, your insight and experience allows you to make a better offer.Personally I would probably still use a spreadsheet just because you can customize it easily and it can do more if you need it.

You should be able to realize 3-5% pretty easily with that kind of money, so then it just comes down to how much work you want to do and how much income you need/want. 

Win win.

These are all cash purchases with 10 percent down at the time you win the auction via cashier's check.

Quote from @Caliana Johnstone: Realized leasing to a new tenant can take 5-10 hours easily.

I think this can be easily solved by sticking to a few banks and building a relationship to get the better rate/fees.

You should be easily able to wait out this slow rental period.- i question your underwriting and ability to make money on a $79k purchase with $12k rehab.