That's how hard it is.Now, if you still want to research techniques on acquiring property in more creative ways then try researching the BRRRR Method (that's how I acquire most of mine), Subject To, and loan assumptions. 

I would like to to see if anyone here has had success in getting NOW business as well as future business using this technique.

There are techniques to turbo charge your depreciation through cost segregation as well. 

Share your project details with them, and based on their initial feedback, let them provide you with estimates tailored to your specific needs and property conditions.

Call work, structure to your Q’s appropriately to stay on side of laws while finding inconsistencies, provide some incorrect info and see if it is corrected is one technique that often works well for both employer and landlord refs.

also keep in mind its rare for most agents to double end them.. but in the future when your signing your listing agreement always state if the listing agent double ends it the total commission is X.my wife in this market takes 5% total commissions and depending on the deal how hard it is if she double ends it she discounts to 4.5 all the way down to 3%. its also a very good listing presentation closing technique other agents wont think of it or offer it.

If you are stuck, not knowing where to turn, please feel free to reach out, All the best  Hearing your analyzing technique probably freaks some people out but I also keep it very simple.

As a software engineer, you have the skills to develop software applications tailored to the real estate industry.

Again, all of these techniques are designed to solve our same, common issue.  

I used managed accounts for years (which are expensive in terms of fees) until I switched over to a robo-advisor service that is low in cost (the investment technique is asset allocation, where the different asset classes are rebalanced periodically to maintain their desired ratios).