Look it up, many investors have been able to implement this method for billing utilities to tenants and are happy with the results/savings/increased NOI etc. 

Failure to get approval prior to this could result in your financing document being accelerated, and your property foreclosed on.

I have a lot better results telling them a little about myself and asking them some simple questions- nothing too specific.  

I am a Real Estate accountant so I am very familiar with booking real estate activity throughout the year and producing Balance Sheet and Profit & Loss statements however I am unfamiliar with how to analyze properties for investment purposes.

Redfin and others will have the same results, so don't count on them for much. 

I also do lower income rentals, so the turnover costs can be a bit prohibitive compared to the value of the house and I have to screen through a bunch of applicants and as a result it can take up to a month for me to rent one.  

Siobhan D.This is a math question.If you have a place (another property) to invest your money which will produce a better return than what it is presently earning (after you account for all the costs associated with moving your capital to this new investment) then you would benefit to move it.If you can find a way to acquire this new investment (perhaps a partner or private lender) without divesting of the old, then you may be able to have both.

In the article, he talks about how the key to achieving massive results is to share your goals with the "universe" so that you can connect with people who can help you along the way.  

As I've been crunching my numbers I always tend to come to the point where I realize, I will be occupying half of  this 2-unit property so when it tells me the cash flow I get a negative result.

Combine that with some ability to extrapolate possibilities of future results based on decisions you think would be good and have many exit strategies.