So, I open up the question to you all: What tips or processes do you use when conducting a market analysis?

It just needs to be clear about what each party if responsible for and how you expect to conduct your business. 

When I'm abroad, there's a time difference, I can only make outgoing calls via Skype, and it's just a lot more difficult overall to conduct business.I'm focusing on buying real estate notes.

Many property owners have not conducted research about the comparable sales prices of properties similar to their own.

I'm currently in week 1 of agency, so I am still building my logistical side of things of how I'll conduct business, order business cards etc and then start the hunt for leads.

No reserve study has been conducted as far as I can tell.

Also, conducted a home inspection one time that had a sewage eject pit for the bathroom In The basement and there was a sign on the wall that said only number ones and no number twos so I would imagine they had previous issues with the ejector pump or maybe a smell from the ejector pit.

Many landlords will not allow pets, more won't allow a business being conducted out of a house.

While these policies are good political theater, most reasonable people acknowledge they are not beneficial to tenants or landlords in the long term.While these regulations present additional risk that need to be accounted for when conducting your due diligence, to me the fundamentals of investing real estate continue to look good long term. 

Avoid or ameliorate the impairment of the distressed homeowner’s credit resulting from the recording of a notice of trustee sale, the filing of a petition to foreclose, or the conduct of a foreclosure sale;ix.