You want to evaluate the different kind of financing available to you and what each method of financing offers you. 

Would it be worth the trade?

I basically just trade up.

Most of the investors are institutional investors, however, and they 'get' the loans in microseconds through parametric trading and agreements.

So if a trading company can prepare taxes for "profit" based on total of what they sell vs. cost (what they paid for the goods), can we apply the same for a R.E.

This accounting method lets us sleep better at night knowing that we didn't over-pay for that location, and gives us significant cushion incase of a blow up.

Is there a way to filter out these people on listsource (or any method to get this fixed)?  

There is just a trade off on how much you might make if you invest money and a lot of time into selling an investment house.

I'd go back to the first way that you were doing things, sounds like it was working and the new method isn't.  

Looking at Student Rental #3 in December, and then for 2016 learning about the BRRRR method and executing upon a deal, so if anyone has information, currently does it, or can give any advice, I would LOVE to hear from you!!