I have been thinking about something similar to this, but from the other end:Are any investors out there (partially) funding a targeted campaign in exchange for 1) first option to buy and pay a pre-determined wholesale / assignment fee or 2) X% of net profit.

From another agents perspective, I am going to assume that policy A is an "actual cash value" (or ACV) policy, and policy B is a ''replacement cost'' policy.On both ACV and replacement policies, when valuing a claim, the adjustor is going to determine the actual cash value of the property first.

It gave me time to focus on simply finding a deal and making it happen. 

Where I'm really struggling is trying to determine the value of this property to know what is a fair price (I know every deal is a good deal at the right price :).  

If they don't like it, they can simply move out. 

They basically want me to find houses that make good investments to they can sell to their investors.I had actually thought about getting my license years ago with the intent to eventually have a property management company; but determined I am not really cut out to have to deal with clients/tenants all day. 

Extremely rural is harder to sell simply because fewer people live in extremely rural areas.One of the weaknesses you show with your questions is that you have no buyers.

@Seth Borman This is the primary estimating stage to determine if it's worth it to walk the property.

I just have to be a contrarian here @Caleb Heimsoth  as Caleb states I cannot think of anything risker than remote rehab for beginners.. keep in mind the author is a very experienced real estate professional and what works for him simply is not germane for beginners I know they want to sell books on this site.. but I fear there is going to be some really sad people that try to do this and simply don't know what they don't know.. all to just save 5 to 10k  extra that a flipper that does all the work and takes all the risk makes bringing you a finished product.. you can lose 10 to 20k in a heart beat doing this if not more.. 

Low income tenants were very difficult to deal with, because they simply didn't have savings and any emergency resulted in them using rent money, with the idea that they'll catch up before the eviction was finalized.