Useless info: the smell is from an added chemical usually mercaptan because it is very easily detectable by smell in very small amounts.

Most claims aren't total losses, so if the house is in a depresssed market and sells for say $40k and has a fire in the kitchen...could easily be $20k in (retail) repairs and they're getting premiums on $40k, the math doesn't work like it normally would. 

I could pretty easily have a team of rehabbed for the construction.I'm also fortunate to know a couple of really good real estate brokers for the disposition. 

Also a investor should avoid ARM (adjustable rate mortgages) as they could very easily lose their investment when the interest rate spikes up.  

Outside of light bulb changing that are easily in reach and he tenant is capable, I would have addressed the remaining issues.

Again, the whole, small amount of data, can be more easily organized and arranged. 

I stay within a basic protocol of 3 bedroom starter homes that I can easily sell one day when I am ready to move on…  That said, I am looking at a few condos (that were coverted from apartments) for super cheap.  

With the rental income I can easily save over 1000 every month and use that for the next project.

Computer models also benefit from lots of tuning, machine learning, and if the company is good some really expert tweaks to take into account things newer folks would miss.Doing it manually is great because a person can sometimes easily see something that the computer model misses, and can take into account other things - conversations with owners, etc - that the computer model simply can't.Generally I find the computer models do better on cookie cutter deals, and people do better on unusual deals.

Remember I said the property was seating on an oversized lot!?