But it sounds like stessa does both property management and accounting - so isn't this a direct competitor to the rentredi membership with REI hub partnership?

Otherwise perhaps your winter people will pay $500 extra if your cap is $500 and that is not what your competitors will be doing. 

There are tests you can buy on Amazon, where you can swipe it on the walls to determine residue.

These properties often come with fewer competitors, less pressure, and the potential for creative financing options.

Agree , those are all incredibly important as is good property management and the ability to price the property correctly based on your competitors rates( dynamic pricing ) . 

They are the most likely competitors for work crews passing through.

For example we saw a competitor offer 15-20% returns doing what we do.

I am at a crossroads on what to do about this one, but hopefully the market saturation from competitor assets in Katy, TX dries up.

We do engineer hardwood and no Lux viynl like our competitors So all these things probably cost me 25k pre house but we have been selling them for 100k higher than Lennar for same sq ft and have created the highest priced development in town. we are approaching 400 a foot for finished product which was unheard of in Canby Oregon.U can see the homes and the finishs if you go to  Ivyridgeestatescanby  dot com. 

I never really know ahead of time which lender might be open to that before putting the full credit package in front of them, and many of them 'in theory' offer it, it's just a matter of exposing the potential transaction to enough credit unions and banks that a few "swipe left," a few "swipe right," and looking at the terms offered by those that swiped right.