If you want to network or ask specific questions about your local market, go to your local real estate forum and connect with investors from your area: https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/86-local-real-estate-networking5.

Looking into Scottsdale market for Airbnb investment.

After repairing and improving the usability of the home, I was able to get it rented out at the top of market.

You won't be scaring away the seller, this is a completely normal thing to request and your broker should be the one prodding the seller's side for this info up front (especially if the seller's side hasn't provided it already with the marketing material at the very least). 

Purchase price: $1,000 Cash invested: $1,000 Sale price: $4,500 Wrote letter to off market property land owners.

If you want to network or ask specific questions about your local market, go to your local real estate forum and connect with investors from your area: https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/86-local-real-estate-networking5.

However, I've recently come across articles discussing the potential benefits of lower down payments in certain situations.Given the current real estate market conditions, what are the critical factors to consider when deciding between a high or low down payment for an investment property?

Most markets the physical vacancy is 5-10%, good chance you can find it by googling and seeing what the average is.

What market did you buy this property? 

Micron Technology's decision to build a massive 1,400-acre semiconductor manufacturing plant in Clay, NY, a suburb of Syracuse, is poised to have a transformative effect on the local housing market.