My current brokerage does not help generate any leads or anything like that.

They could be sending you to someone who is not well equipped for your situation, even if they are great! 

Up north the gas company will install additional meters for a very low cost, usually hourly billed time for the work and possibly low cost equipment.

I generated the list by combining Zillow's smooth, seasonally adjusted home value dataset (ZHVI) with their rent index (ZORI) for metro areas.

If it were, it would be priced to only generate a 5-6% overall returns.  

Your lender should be able to help dispute the appraisal if there are clear inconsistencies or missing information, especially now that the property is rented and generating income.It might also be worth exploring other lending options, as some lenders have more flexibility with appraisals or different processes that could work better for your situation.

A friend of my wife’s brother in Maui has a 5th generation cork and cattle farm near Gibraltar, Spain.  

When you have enough data over a long period of time, there should be enough to generate a useful score. 3.

I mean I think about it a lot now that we are closing in on 70.. but hey 70 is the new 50 :) And different cultures handle this far differently than others.. this is why you see some new builds catering to multi generational floor plans..

So you can have section 179 losses for your rental even if the rental isn't generating positive taxable income, as long as you have other active income.