Do not just allow one person to keep an eye/contact the city.

Talk to multiple local investors who are unbiased  (someone not trying to sell you something), get multiple agents and contractors  feedback, and property management companies - two knowledgeble  PMs really opened my eyes to my Class C homes.

Fresh eyes help.Mindset Check: You're never going to know everything before you start.

This might be a rookie mindset is it bad I don't care for cash-flow at the moment in my eyes if someone helping me pay down my mortgage and build equity I'm okay with that.

They know the market, understand contracts and law, are experts at negotiation, provide a second (objective) set of eyes, and more.

There’s no room for emotion in investing—if you catch yourself getting eager or excited, take a step back.  

An agent can really help get more eyes on your property through MLS and their network, plus some agents have investor clients ready to go and can market it off-market directly to them.

My opinion is that if people were making reasonable business calculations, these types of cases wouldn't even get there as the end result would be a judge having his eyes effectively glazed over and losing confidence in the efficacy of the sub metering solution. 

They already replaced the head of the EPA (sorry earth) and now have there eyes on Jerome Powell.

These referral services have you add property info, photos, etc. but then send your info to the listing agent who does the work (and gets paid by the referral service).Here's the catch: The actual listing agent is going to need to send you the real listing input form for your local MLS.