Some offer a free trial period.

In the tax lien counties I have dealt with, the holder of the tax lien has the right to foreclose after some period of time, and I think 2 years is common. 

Most won’t put you on an update type list.

In some cases you can not sell for a 3 month period.

If she went to Assisted Living - I can help you but it's only KS Specific - each state is different but I'm guessing some of the guidelines carry across states in regards to how she will pay for the ALF and eligibility for Medicaid and Home and Community Based Services (which is a medicaid program that would help pay for ALF)Anyways in KS - in for someone to qualify for HCBS/Medicaid to help pay for their care either in the  home or assisted living - you need to have less than $2k in assets - and consistently less than $2k in the bank - there is also something called a 5 year lookback period - I do not 100% understand how the lookback period works but will soon enough.So - as far as the assets are concerned - if your friends mother has the house and any savings there is no way the govt will be paying for most of her stay in ALF - and I also think it would be difficult to house her in an ALF facility for $3k per month - can be done but tough - Due to no estate planning the family needs to decide on what they are going to do - they will either need to sell the house now and just pay her money down at the private pay rate in a facility until she "runs out of money" then apply for Medicaid and go from there or see if the strategy of renting the house with her present income will be enough to cover the facility she's staying at.Individually the systems are simple however there are so many moving parts to Medicaid HCBS I've discovered in my time as owner of a facility I can 100% understand the families frustrations. 

., professionals who are in the area for a year for work and want a large space to rent for that period.

And if he can't buy it in X number of days, he can at least line up a flip, and maybe find a place to live over a certain period of time.  

With inventory moving so fast here it is difficult to have information stay updated and was wondering if there were ideas on how to best support my investors using a software/proforma service.

It is an unfair comparison if investors are only comparing relative to the 2008-2012 period.

It's the flip period, when you have to travel to the property frequently, that will be difficult.