I have advertised it in many different forms as well as making sure it gets premium exposure.

I came across a vacant home that was advertised as a 4 bedroom, 3bath, sauna room, steam shower, barn, inground pool, pump house, screen house, 2 brick fireplaces, 2 sheds with over 5000 sq ft of acreage.

The way we do it:In nice houses: tile in the kitchen and bathroom and either stained hardwood floors or carpet (at least one step above builders grade) in living room and bedrooms.In less nice houses: vinyl in kitchen in bathroom (we used to do allure but it lost favor with us when we realized spot replacements really aren't as easy as advertised and it's substantially more expensive than vinyl) and carpet or stained hardwoods in the living rooms and bedrooms.

Be careful of calculators that factor only advertised short term rental rates without including actual booked rates. 

I'll base this assuming you know nothing about real estate, and you can cross out anyone who has a similar skillset to you, or you are able/willing to do their work.ACQUISITION TEAM/NETWORK - Wholesellers, Realtors, local networking groups, mail/email/advertising campaigns, however it is that you get properties.CONTRACTOR - Find a good GC with solid subs. 

If you do lots of advertising you can always talk about both sides that will help a seller, and a buyer.  

I asked the neighbors and they say the house has been abandoned since they can remember. 

The example she gave, that was deemed illegal, was a small EM, 30days due diligence, no ability to buy, and advertised on Zillow and craigslist.  

I used to work for an office that subscribed to those memberships and I have since left and abandoned my membership.

any agent that will spend 2 to 5k a month in advertising themselves in the RE business and will actually WORK will make easy 200 to 500k a year...