Could be from anything, get a contractor to pinpoint where it's coming from 

You also have to know that at 100k purchase price you are almost always going to be up against cash investors in almost every market for every good deal so it's another reason to save and learn and listen and build relationships while you pinpoint your strategy.

That would give you an idea of what extra value a half bath would add, something.Ultimately, though, real estate isn't like math and we can not always pinpoint ARV, we get a "somewhere in this range" answer.

The truth is there is crime in the city, but there's almost no crime at all where I invest.I don't know that crime maps of any kind are going to actually help you pinpoint where to invest or not to investone thing that I use when I'm looking at an area is to see how many homes are for sale.

I also have settled on what strategy I would like start with, but I am still trying to pinpoint the exact area I want to invest into.

Pin point what market you want to get into and why. 

If you can pinpoint that, you have a chance of recovering some of the funds. 

Without more info it would be difficult to pinpoint where to go with this. 

I would try to also pin point where you want to start investing.

Pin point a few markets based on what you want your portfolio to look like and make the appropriate connections there.