You’d be shocked by how little actual screening many PMC’s do!

It all depends on the market and if tenants actually care about having a new sidewalk and walkway. 

Comps can show one thing but actually closing can be another.

Anyone have recommendations on ones that are actually worth it and have helped you or others you know. 

Compare my bottom line to those who claim it's fine to invest where you get a $100 a month cash flow and sometimes actually even get rent. ;-) IMHO Thank you so much for your insight.

You can also search BiggerPockets and Google for reviews from actual members.

Detailed financial planning analysis can hone in on the actual number with a high degree of accuracy. 

I financed the properties so I actually paid a fraction of that amount upfront.

From my understanding, as long as you intend on doing a STR when you close, there are no rules against changing your strategy after closing, especially if you find that something else is more profitable.So in our case, the lender determined an STR would bring in ~$3500/month (with all of their conservative factors), but now that we operate it as a huge 3300 sqft Co-Living property, it actually brings in $7000/month.

I wrote many of these on the hood of my car.. press hard.. hand the buyer his copy  one copy went to title company one we kept and one went to seller if it was not us ( which was rare actually)..