How you "underwrite" tenants is up to you, so long as you can reasonably justify your methods and reasons, you're consistant and fair, you should not have a problem. :)

We had to quickly adapt and treat every client as a potential branch to new ventures.

Much has been written here on CAP rates and ROI, looks like you picked a number with the dart board method.

This isn't always a foolproof method as I'm sure anyone that's been in the business a while will tell you.This helps for peace of mind and more often than not gets the job done smoother in many cases as most GCs hate having to work around another laborer for small jobs....it tends to cause more of a problem in the long run in many instances.As for buying right to limit the risk of purchasing a bad deal -- make sure you have a good agent or someone with experience that can show supporting comps to you from the MLS, get multiple bids, and also look at the competition in the area.

,Perhaps a method to increase the reliability of the information being presented, ask the real estate agent to be a partner.

I don't, however, feel that he respects the opinions of anyone who doesn't agree with him and I agree with buyselllv that he comes off as someone who touts only his way of investing but then guards that method as a "secret."

If all the previous is ok and you can't wedge a dime in the crack then you'll most likely be okay for a few years maybe more and cosmetic methods should work sufficiently. best advice is to have three or more well respected concrete contractors view the crack and give you their advise.

What is your best and free method?

The method selected on prior Honda doesn't impact this. 

Strategies must be flexible, adaptable and change with the environment, but all are based on a foundation of principles, theories and law that doesn't really change, the foundation is stable.