You can also legally obscure your identity as the owner of the property from various public information sources.

By that time Israeli hedge funds had found my market and I sold some of my holdings to them.   

Their landing page looks almost identical to Zillow.

An investor operator makes investing more of an identity than a passive investor.  

Let the house go back to the bank.  1and half later buys almost identical house for 350k as the market started leveling out. 

BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE....House #2 (next door also owned by seller)Identical to house #1, 4 units however, are vacant. 2 are rent ready with one being temporarily occupied by his handyman. 

Assuming the 3 homes are not identical, are the two rentals the same? 

So, if two of the comps are identical say beds, baths, view, etc...and one has to be adjusted, you might give a 40% weight to the two that are most like the subject and only 20% to the one that has adjustments.

Let's say there was a rental building next door with identical comps: What would stop them from going there instead to avoid paying those fees?

As you can see we are clearly in a seller's market.Milwaukee 2017 YTD: 2.96 (Year To Date)Milwaukee 2018 YTD: 2.17Ozaukee 2017 YTD: 3.58Ozaukee 2018 YTD: 2.98Both markets have tightened up and accelerated, while the number of units sold remained almost identical.