In the beginning, the progress feels slow but you are working extra hard to get a really large piece of machinery moving.

This is assuming the property has plenty of equityWhatever you do you will need a very sophisticated attorney to draft up the agreement which will probably run you $1000+ if you want to do it right (if you need an attorney I have one)Also what state is this in and is it an owner occupied loan?

Your pitch deck is your sophisticated and professional presentation highlighting the most important aspects of your investment strategy.

Just comes down to having the right data and the right inputs.There is little doubt in my mind a sophisticated model like a neural network with the right inputs would crush Zillow's price estimate. 

Much more sophisticated business model.

It's a sophisticated platform, and I feel as though the software better keeps my data, is easier to wok with for my purposes. 

I'm sure if/when it does you'll see everybody and their mother saying "I told you so", but they've been telling us so for forever now and it hasn't come to pass.You may be right this time, but it's just made me very aware that I don't have the market knowledge or sophistication to place any bets on that being case.

When we hit that tipping point, the role of the appraiser will be obsolete (at least for standard appraisals in the beginning, and more sophisticated and bespoke scenarios over time).

I work for a family office in Manhattan with $300MM+ in assets, I can tell you, successful sophisticated Landlords and the larger real estate companies who own hundreds of millions of dollars worth of residential and commercial real estate are not sending e-mails to their tenants offering rent abatements or discounts right out the gate.

I could spend at least $500,000 in cash on a property myself, $1-20 million if I go into it with a family member who's interested in being a passive investor, and I'm fairly sophisticated in terms of general investing know-how (financial modeling, Buffett-style value investing, general MBA stuff, etc.).