However, in my market, realtors often ask for an offer before providing basic information like the age of the CAPEX items, including the roof. 

Any other advice or strategies for finding your first off-market deal?

I had to dispute it to gain an additional 6k on the appraisal.

The “process” is the same as opposed to how the marketing is different in each state depending on whether it is a judicial process (court filings with a judge) or non judicial ( Lender simply posting in a legal newspaper)Yes,a short sale can be done by a homeowner without a foreclosure date if they are being relocated by their Company more than 50 miles but in this group we are real estate investors and it is hard to target a “list” of those home owners who may have received a job promotion AND think their home is worth less than the total debt.

I'd be happy to come out of the deal with the 40k I paid for the property, the bank could sell it in the current market for close to 200k, and a flipper would still be able to make money on it after repairs. 

I definitely have a biased opinion on our market here.

Other platforms like RentRedi are so overloaded with features and require additional subscriptions that I gave up on it --- Baselane was simple as hell and did those things better IMO but is missing some core pieces.What platforms do you love for the above items?

Consider long-term goals, market trends, improvements, tax benefits, and flexibility.

5 years from when you list it for sale on the market?

My goal is to focus on non-QM (Qualified Mortgage) clients and underserved markets.