Most of the investment property purchases that cross my desk these days aren't in Oakland/SF/Berkeley/SanJose proper, but in outlying communities. 

What are the fees associated with the equity raising platform?

My plan includes: Professional Sign in front yard and at cross street (if allowed), Multiple Pictures / Virtual Tour, Color Flyers, Property specific website, Open Houses, Broker tour, reverse prospecting to local agents, buyer and investor list, Postlets, Zillow, Realtor.com, etc.Get the idea?

One thing I've learned in my short real estate investing career is that just because a deal crosses your path that seems like something you don't want to "pass up".  

It's IS worth it to do your cross-market comparison to know a few makets where you want to point your guns.

Maybe our paths will cross on this journey we are taking.

Don't get carried away with any "inspection" unless there is a health hazard as may be determined by a health department, you can cross the line with your idea of housekeeping, you can't tell someone to dust or pick up clothes on a bedroom floor or wipe the oven out (you could, but they can tell you to take a flying leap). 

If you have carpeting on the floor you can nail directly through the carpeting, with trim nails, into the joist and if the carpeting does go down with the nail just pull up on the carpeting to release it.Another thing that may be causing the problem is the cross bridging rubbing against its self or the joist and about the only way you will fix this is to remove the drywall and reposition the bridging and refasten it. 

I also saw the "works across ALL platforms" part (smartphone, tablet, laptop, desktop, pc, mac, iphone, android) and was sold, which was easy of course, since the basic download is free, downloaded it and have been hooked for the last few months. 

Suggest you cross post to:https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/25/topics/276032-we-know-your-day-is-ruined---the-bp-blog-is-down?