As long as you can pinpoint what its worth, what it cash flows, and how well the general neighborhood is doing then I wouldn't say anything against buying and holding.

The downside is $50-70.00 out of your pocket, you may want to get a ballpark from the owner to see if you can even get close before spending money to pinpoint the value.Jeff

I think this will also help pinpoint the neighborhoods that we'd like to own in.

The last couple of weeks of last year I really wanted to focus and pin point out exactly how I was going to start off in my real estate investing career, whether to invest here in NY or try to find something cheaper in another state.

They will identify exactly where the main source in the house of the contamination if any so you can pinpoint the cleanup. 

Look at them, study them and compare/contrast what was done on each to come up with the different values.I've had multiple instances where an appraiser came back with a low appraisal and I had to point them to other (better) comps in the area to use.If you do proper due diligence, know your market and can pinpoint the ARV of a property, then on the rare occasion when an appraiser comes back too low, you should be well armed with information that can help them see the light.

I was sure there were many members on here wearing a cape and spending their days informing homeowners about wholesalers, so I couldn't pinpoint a member that I could imagine going out of their way to do such a thing, nor was it a concern.You also stated about an inspector which I know nothing of.

This takes away the stress of trying to pinpoint ARV.

Are there other forms of education to explore that would pinpoint exactly what I need to know? 

I expect there will be a dip regardless because of the mortgages so it may be hard to pinpoint the source (using HELOC for down payment/closing costs).