My point is look ahead to potential impacts.  

This tool helps real estate investors focus on their goals when analyzing potential real estate deals.The buy box can consist of standards that are important to the investor.

Potentially developing short term rentals or selling plots of land from this property. 

As my real estate investment experience progressed, I couldn't help but notice a thirst for knowledge among potential investors.

You have to use sales price minus sales expenses to figure out what amount you need to buy.You can potentially factor in your suspended passive losses to determine how much 'boot' you can receive.

The free equity that was in the house and the potential to build even more easy equity.

Having just found out when credit is pulled and the appraisal is done in the loan process, I now think we may not be in an ideal position, and potentially not in a position at all, to take out a 30 Year Loan in the coming weeks.I believe adjusting course, at least temporarily, may be the only way to continue moving forward.

@Sam Booth most investors want to see a spread of at least 30%, but this is an oversimplification because it doesn't consider important factors like: how much money you're putting down, how much the repairs will cost, how much of your time and effort the repairs will require, the appreciation potential, the cashflow potential, and a myriad of other important factors. 

This situation is especially tough for VA home buyers like myself, who may need to cover an appraisal gap of potentially $10,000 to $20,000 under the appraised value.

There is also the thing of a physician loan where I wouldn't have to put a down payment on the house and secure a loan although I would want to try to aim for a fixed rate (or maybe variable since interest rates are potentially going to be cut in the future?)