I'm looking for multifamily properties with value add potential (maybe replacing the cabinets, painting the outside, adding some plants, or adding new appliances - not a full gut job.) in B or C areas.

On the plus side, buying in bulk could lower everyone's premiums and simplify the process since no one has to hunt for their own policy.

There are investors buying in every market every day.

I did that with the one I bought and the seller had to replace the entire system as the drainage field was full of roots. 

Buying a flipped home can be risky for several reasons:1.

I would want to live there for a year, refi, then buy another property thereafter.

We hope to possibly build RALs in the future or buy ones that were built already. https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/48/topics/799444-so-you-wanna-start-a-residential-assisted-living-care-home-ral

Obviously there would be a more in-depth analysis if I were actually buying the property. 

On day one, they completed the roof replacement and all demolition.

I'm a realtor just over the hill in Reno, NV and you DO NOT need a realtor to buy or sell a property.