I've had some trouble tracking down a reliable realtor.

I'll be going into full "team building" mode this summer to find some reliable people to build into the business.

Same here, couldn't find any reputable reasonable and reliable contractor for all those years, any referral will be highly appreciated

Wherever the more reliable ground team exist perhaps.

Finding market rent is one of the easiest tasks you will come across and you get to do a quick check of your competition to see if you are meeting the standards you set out to.Rentometer seems to be reliable in some areas, wildly not in others.

You need to run some comps. you can find great, reliable tenants for every property, in every area and at any price point.

- How reliable is this to even try to estimate a 5 or 10 year holding period with rents/expenses/cap ex/vacancies?

I am really struggling to find a reliable contractor to help me with rehabs in downtown Indianapolis.

The best and only way to protect your self is finding an honest and reliable contractor, I would start by attending your local meetups, get some contractors thru people in the game already. best of luck to you, unfortunately this happens all the time and it sucks, I had a contractor screw me last year for big bucks, we did a job together and sure enough took my share and ran off, and guess what I have no recourse, by the time I go after him ill walk away with penny's, so believe it or not it happens on both ends of the spectrum 

Looking for reliable contractor for baseline estimate in Newark Ohio