We lol...He has houses scattered all across the board he likes to see a lot of the his lol green pieces ...and I have maybe 5 Red hotels..

For a property with a little more complexity and scattered comps, I would use an appraiser every time.

It may be a stupid question but how come all these diamonds in the rough still scattered in Charleston.

Since as you say most investors gravitate to apartments eventually (Particularly after trying to operate ten or twelve sfr rentals scattered around) if you have the capital give yourself a head start by beginning with the end in mind.

If you have as an out of state investor 6 little houses scattered over different counties many PM companies only handle certain areas.

Then they were scattered, killed etc.

They are scattered throughout the city, with major concentrations on the east side, as well as in battered West Baltimore, where 25-year-old Freddie Gray’s death from an injury suffered in police custody triggered riots in 2015."

Ever toured a real sh*tbox and flipped the lights on and heard/ seen the cockroaches scatter?

Not a bad analogy but what if someone sees the car like you said cleans off the cobwebs then tries to move it It does not start so you start taking apart the car removes parts scatters them around but does not have the knowledge or means or will to get the job done and leaves it in a worse situation then it was before The person squatting on the property is still a squatter until the 5 years or 10 years process has completed ,before that it is just an illegal act 

Forcing them into weird contexts soon proves impractical, and often not even legal.A tiny house novelty hotel can make money -- but how about a bunch of tiny house hotels scattered everywhere?