If you have prior experience, it will help tremendously to make them switch.

In my experience, you are over-renovating and/or have too broad a scope of work. 

If you have experience in the area you should know, well you better know the ARV.

Ask how many units they manage and how much experience they have.

From my experience selling RE and building new homes your just not going to please everyone

I'm definitely going to connect with you to hear more about your experience! 

It also takes experience in the asset class that you're raising money on.

The answers are individual specific; people can tell you what they'd do, but without a thorough knowledge and understanding YOU it won't have much relevance.Here's my suggestion - read books, search for biographical information, and become familiar with people who have accumulated a good size portfolio of real property, to see how their ambitions, experiences, knowledge, and personal attributes align with yours.  

In my experience, success in D-class areas almost always requires being local, extremely hands-on, and self-managing.

I have no experience with command strips.