The over-emphasis on cashflow actually distracted them from the things that come more intuitively, such as neighborhoods they already know are solid. 

Apartment complexes 5 units or more is not intuitive like I found single family to be with the 8 single family I had at one time in San Diego and the 8 single family I had in NE Euclid too.Just think, I purchased my first little rental property condo in 2011 in San Diego and now I am approaching 200 units and 10 apartment complexes.  

I do believe in investors using intuition, which is involved in my final step of each purchase, but intuition and emotion are not the same thing.  

From our little bit of experience we found we can hold market rent + electric at our other properties we own.Based on the small amount of expirence I have, I am inclined to make an offer to the seller as such:Contingent on:1)All deferred maintenance completed or a $10,000 sellers credit directly for repairs and maintenance2)All units move in ready condition per buyer standardsIf sold at current (100%) occupancy we offer $285,000If sold at 50% tenant vancancy we offer $300,000If sold at 100% tenant vacancy we offer $315,000OR 100% sellers financing with a purchase price of $330,000You can see it is counter intuitive to pay more for a non performing asset, however we save eviction costs/ time while being in a strong position to advertise and fill the deal with properly screened tenants locked into our lease, paying at our desired terms.

It seems counter-intuitive and may be counter-intuitive, but if you think about building a scalable business model, this is one way to force that.

We use Intuit Payment Network- $.50 per transaction and the funds are available in 1-2 business days.  

That intuition saved us from our entire basement from flooding.

Just a lofty goal to get some advice on. i like all the intuition from the property history..

I think Intuit is realizing that the cloud is where the whole world is heading and they are really putting resources into developing QBO into a legitimate accounting product. 

Thanks @Matt Motil, @Ryan Evans.I definitely plan to fly up, though even with a weekend spent, I doubt I'll have the intuitive zone insight a local agent will have.