Trying to narrow down which strategy will best suit our goals and lifestyle is my current focus, and I am looking forward to having meaningful conversations here on these forums.

To that end, I made a Google sheets document with every hospital system in GA along with the following data:CityZip CodeRentometer 2/X   (what a 2 BR, any bath) goes for on Rentometer)RentRentometer 3/1+ Rent (what a # BR, 1.5+ bath) goes for on Rentometer)"Minutes to home"  (how far a drive it is for us)"Staffed Beds"  (measure of how big a hospital is)"Total Discharges" (a different measure of hospital size)"Patient Days"  (yet another different measure of hospital size)"Gross Patient Revenue ($000)" (you guessed it, hospital size)Map Searches & Housing Requests (this and everything below was from FF.com stats page)Furnishedfinder.com Page ViewsTotal RoomsPrivate Rooms % UnitsHotels% Whole Place > 2500 %Whole Place > 2k < 2.5k %Whole Place > 1.5k < 2k %Room > 1500 %Room > 1k < 1.5k Page view per roomThis allowed us to narrow our search to hospital systems near us (less than 2 hours) in a less competitive market (higher page views per room advertised on FF.com) with a significant % of units being rented on FF.com at higher rents (more $). 

I’m currently working to narrow down a list of potential areas to deep dive.

You state that everything is equal but are concerned that not everything is equal...It's very possible to see a price spread like that even with comparable coverage but it's also vitally important you work with someone that has your back to make sure you understand your coverage before you'd have to use it.  

If they know you won and got it for less than their bid, I am not sure they will turn around and buy it from you for a 20k spread.

Try to narrow down your options to the top 3-4.

In cold calling, have narrowed my focus since posing this question.

If you have a single family it's like owning one stock vs a mutual fund to spread out the risk. 

Guesty and Hostfully for management, etc.There is just too much so you will have to narrow it down.

You want to make both parties happy.Most wholesalers fail because they are chasing the spread (their money) and not focused on helping the seller and providing a win-win for the buyer.