Sharing your vision with real estate professionals, local investors, or even family and friends might uncover unexpected opportunities.

That led to uncovering significant water damage throughout the first-floor unit's bathroom, forcing an immediate renovation.

They uncover a lot of problems with these properties.It sounds like you have enough to work with to appeal their process.

@Albert Hepp the flawed logic your using to state there must be some conspiratorial aspect to commissions because commissions are all but uniformed over 2%.....We can apply that exact flawed logic to Apples at grocery stores and say since apples, at every grocery store are uniformed at a price over $0.10 a piece, it "must be a conspiracy"........Take off the tinfoil hat. 

RentRedi has some flaws for sure.

It’s about uncovering high-demand niches that hold up even during fluctuations in the broader market.What I’m describing aligns partly with absorption, but I’m looking for a tool that allows me to drill down into the components of that absorption rate—filtering by factors such as the number of bedrooms, bathrooms, home type, amenities, and more.Do you see merit in this approach?

@Harrison Jones  One of the major flaws in your perspective is that it is focused on cheap rent (driving rents down) not affordable housing.

What I can say is I recently did a home inspection on a property which uncovered a lead inlet pipe into the house. 

A detailed financial analysis and property inspection will help uncover any surprises. 

High probability that you’ll uncover an oh-$**** issue that will reduce or eliminate your projected profit.