Has anyone attempted to automate some of the MLS review process through obtaining an MLS feed from your local area (or even national) then scraping the data into Excel for quick analysis? 

So while it's not impossible (I think Craigslist is what I would be looking at, as long as your brokerage is OK with that), it sure takes nearly all the wind out of the sails, seeing as the public search sites pull from the MLS feed, so essentially that's how both the public and agents typically find homes.No matter what happens with this, my recommendation is to not look at this as a listing experience, it won't be anything like what you'll be doing in the future.Listing a home with expertise is more about accurate pricing, pre-listing preparation that maximizes the home's value before it gets listed, great photos, and marketing remarks that get people excited about coming to see it.Any drop in positive exposure will often equate to some kind of drop in sales price, in my opinion.

Are you doing your own searches only using MLS or are you working with an investor friendly realtor who can set up a custom feed for you?

I don't see any cons of increasing the amount of people who could be feeding you potential deals.I'm currently looking for my first investment property and am connecting with everyone possible in order to find a deal that works within what I'm looking for. 

Looks like this post is old, but it came up in my feed so I thought I'd comment.

This furnace does not feed the whole building. 

Gonna put an offer soonI was looking for a feed back if it’s a good idea or not?

How are you going to feed the agent? 

In turn she feeds me a lead off mls and the seller gave me a contact he knows that may be distressed and motivated.

You should firstly condition the real estate agent as to where you are so that he can get you a realistic feed back from the vendor.