I spent 10 years in corporate finance and I see that as a big differentiator between me and some of my peers, both as agents and investors.

I would also seek a piece of land that would not be incorporated in any city limits.

The super liberal judge has been unbelievable with the process and everyone is pushing me to pay them large money to just leave, which goes against every fiber of my being and is plain extortion.

This is very high-touch and personal, but also not scalable in a meaningful way, and often times, unless you have something pertinent to discuss with each investor, some may view this as a waste of time (think in corporate speak: "this meeting could have been an email")Newsletters are very scalable, and with scale the personal touches are lost, since you are presumably sending this to thousands of people.  

But the traffic pattern and overall customer interest that a listing received can be used as a very good proxy to distinguish between a "turn key luxury unit" and a "fixer upper" too (I bet redfin/zillow is already incorporating that into their models as a signal).

On top of that, since I've been investing in property for over 7 years, I incorporated a property management component into our company.

When I make a new acquisition, a new LLC is formed, with the only member being ACT Investment Propertues, LLC as written, when you create the Articles of Incorporation.

I'm also suspicious of people's cash flow numbers as many don't seem to incorporate cap ex expenses, monthly maintenance costs and opportunity costs or increased mortgage payments if using home equity loans/lines of credit.

In an effort to tame the spike in corporate bids, homeowner associations are "rewriting rules" so that houses stay in the hands of those who will live in them.Homeowner Groups Seek to Stop Investors From Buying Houses to Rent

My question is how you folks incorporate property value increases into project metrics.