If that is sufficient, use it.

I don't know if they stand up well in humidity but they're SUPER cheap at HomeDepot, maybe $10 would be sufficient for that window size.

There's nothing wrong with doing virtual walkthroughs in my opinion IF you already have a relationship built with that broker AND you have a good idea of what you're doing.From a broker's perspective, if I'm spending my time, energy, gas, resources, network, analysis, etc. on a client that is either not making serious offers and/or is spending more quantity vs. quality - then I may be averse to walking every single property.

I know it's a small town but looks like there is still sufficient rental demand. 

The lender deemed the master policy provided by the condo association to be sufficient for their purposes. 

For instance, while $100,000 annually might be sufficient in some regions, it may not offer the same comfort in high-cost areas like Washington DC.

Petr I prefer Columbus the most out of all of those markets due to its growth, quantity of big names, and levels of appreciation/rent growth.

And presented in very complicated way, hard to bring them to an apple to apple comparisson.One way to mitigate the lack of a net metering agreement is with a battery system (see Tesla Powerwall) - a very expensive way to become a truly self-sufficient energy producer (basically you become your own power plant), which rarely makes financial sense unless in a region with frequent power loss or in an off-grid scenario.

Once upon a time the standard commissions for both sides was 6%, that has since dropped in many areas to 5-5.5% This is to be expected as the technological improvements and the information available to buyers and investors is more accessible and in theory the quantity of work demanded to identify a buyer a suitable property is lower. 

We have a 1/1 so it's sufficient since we usually only have 1 guest at a time, occasionally 2.