@Richard SimmsRIchard, there are some options to get equivalent of "equity loans" in Australia, just a little harder to find. 

What is the commercial equivalent to MLS platform?

It would be equivalent to denying someone for having an asthma inhaler.

That is well below a 1% rent to purchase price ratio which is equivalent to negative cash flow.

500,000 podcast listens at an hour per (they average more than an hour), is equivalent to over 57 years of round the the clock listening time!

You could have in a years time for example of 20 units total where ten of them have turned over creating a 50% churn rate.People with 1% cd can invest in triple net leasing and get 7 percent cap rate and with tax equivalent yield in many cases approach double digit returns and do nothing but collect the check.

Carpentry is the same way... good, skilled carpenters are IMO about the equivalent of Master Degree holders on a job site.

I realize that these assessment values aren’t necessarily the equivalent of the fair market value of the property, but I need to at least get an idea of what the property is worth.It was also very challenging to pull accurate sales comps on the property, because of the unique situation of the property (very small 3 BR unit/very small 1 BR unit).

If not, you'll have to pay for that (and in my experience, tenants in the area rarely do apples-to-apples comparisons when considering utilities, so I'm not confident you can get the equivalent more $/month in rent just because you provide utilities).

For me, that is the equivalent of running the first 26 miles of a marathon and then handing your Bib off to a stranger so they can sprint across the finish line and kiss your wife at the end.