Basic cable is often only about $65/month and in my opinion is much cheaper than 3-4 streaming platforms.

I understand you were basically asking a hypothetical.

What that means is that if you win, they let you win and they didn't want the property of they bid you up.These are the basics, but I think you were way ahead knowing it's not ripe to be an acquisition pipeline.

My office HQ in Houston was basically a zombie.

Basic pricing seems reasonable at around $30/property/month, but that’s clearly their basic pricing with a bit of nickel and diming as you add in additional capabilities: 1.

This is basically only in 2 wards and the alderman have the ability to make zoning and land use decisions for their specific ward, but the whole thing is counterproductive.  

Of course you get the basics but if you want to full version of the tool it $50.00 bucks per mo. extra and you need to buy credits for things like skip tracing.To be honest I've learned so much more right here through Bigger Pockets, and I believe  you can find a mentor on here or someone that would be willing to help you out right here. 

Basically the concern is they tie up the property, collect enough rents to make a little bit, and then just default.

And the first property was a house hack where I rented out bedrooms to cover mortgage, while living there for basically free. 

I know in California it is legal and the state acknowledges it however it does restrict the finder to basically introducing the parties and they can not participate in negotiations, etc.