This ensures that your provider has full "skin in the game" and is more accountable.

Because of my experience there are some deals I can look at on the surface and know it's a terrible deal or simply someone testing the market to see what buyers are willing to pay so I don't need to waste my time building out a complete IRR analysis on assets that fall into those categories.

On the surface, I'd say yes as it cuts down dramatically on the time it takes to find this data on your own.

Unfortunately, without putting in more of our own skin in the game, you’ll most likely have to find a partner of some sort investor to cover that portion of the down payment. 

Everyone knows that the Zillow Zestimate can be WAY off from the actual value of a property, but I think it can also be a decent surface-level metric to help narrow down some properties to dive deeper into. 

More seriously, this business really does demand skin like an alligator.

They have more skin in the game then you do.Make sure you get clear title.

Simple mold remediation is spraying the surface with bleach and then paint it with odor blocking primer after it dries.

They identified the problem--an electrical conduit to the a/c unit on the roof terminates at a junction box (that lies flat on the roof surface) that wasn't sufficiently sealed up. 

You may have to see and analyze dozens of properties before a suitable one surfaces, waiting to be hooked!