Real estate sales operates on an antiquated model that can be quite exploitative to new agents.

The only way this makes sense is if they're looking to exploit / upsell / or their method simply doesn't work.This brings up an interesting question though.

If you have have an analyzer that's faster than the BP one, you are actually wasting time and money by using the BP one :)So, you lie to Realtors and PMs in order to exploit their (free) labor?

If I were you, I would exploit the experience with architecture and pursue a MS in Real Estate Development with an emphasis in public works/government and or developing raw land into communities.

While we were never overtly irresponsible with money (i.e. gambling debt, drug habits, credit cards, expensive cars), we moved many times, did PhDs, and spent the better part of our 20's and 30's doing things that might have been personally enriching, but were at some level exploitative of our time and not financially beneficial.

The second option is to purchase at the tax sale realizing the risk is that someone else realizes that you are over a barrel and exploits it

Like computer software apps, Most people fail to truly exploit the full value.

There is nothing wrong with exploiting a captured target market in some industries but there are issues in others.

There are market inefficiencies for sure, but it takes local knowledge and skill to spot and exploit those inefficiencies for profit. 

I made my money the old fashioned way: I went down to the courthouse and learned how to research case files.While I may use data aggregators, compiled lists and algorithmic formulae to identify and exploit nano niches, I still rely on my skills at reading the paperwork.