"comparables" IS the method that's used for pricing single family homes.

Any help in deciphering the method to this madness would be much appreciated! 

I have been using the brrrr method for years and have been recycling the same funds for the past 10+ years.   

Which methods have you used to obtain properties?

What is your method to calculate repair costs and ARV from a listing on the MLS? 

Bad faith from the start, poisoning the business relationship.The second point is that getting that security deposit is usually done in times of need by a cash advance on a credit card, a private loan from a friend, a high-stress method to begin with.

It does seem to me like the Deep South is a difficult environment but I'm sure there's a method.

What are reasonable cap rates I should plug in for a fast estimation on their values using Michael Blank's 10-min method?

@Julio R Gonzalez there are certianly deals on those sites but it takes a massive amount of time and effort to look through them each day, not inlcuding the fact that you have to go through each one in order to see if its a deal or not. i personally prefer the MLS because i can enter my criteria and ill get emails everyday of properties that match

@Sheri R.