It pays for our mortgage plus a little extra, and it's a 350 square foot room with no kitchen and no laundry facilities.

You can start by connecting with a local REI realtor and joining groups on Facebook to see who folks are using and what strategies they're using in order to get into the market.Vet your boots-on-the-ground company by ensuring their standards for sub-contractors/GC's include licensed and insured tradesman - get references and proof of the type of work/finishes they provide.

Some deals take longer then others and you have to keep working the lead.And again keep grinding and keep putting offers in, don't however lower your standard to get the deal done. 

For example, in CA it's standard for buyer and seller to each pay their own escrow fee.

I have switched GCs and the newest one is making me front the cost of his general liability and workers' comp because he said this was an industry standard and it would be very worrisome if a GC is not passing on this insurance cost to me as the owner of the property. 

But then the property also wouldn't pass FHA either, because the FHA appraisal has higher standards than VA and Conventional.Is it really every MLS listing in your area? 

You have a bigger interest in it than they do.  8 years ago Amazon relocated their distribution facility that was in my town. 

Would this be determined by comparable market standards (local occupancy rates) as well?

When good deals stop coming across my plate I tend to compromise my standards just so I can "do something".

It's also fair game to note that 17 feet of standing water is evidence that the maintenance was not completed as per their operating standards and that immediate repair and replacement is demanded.