It becomes like breathing air you just know how to do it optimally without thinking about it.I have seen syndicators take on loan assumptions with marginal terms and high fees or they used floating debt just to massage the numbers so they could hit a certain projected pref (hopefully) to the investors to entice investment of capital.

I do the exact opposite.My strategy is to find optimal cash flow investments, and any appreciation at exit is the gravy.  

I recommend reading Daniel Rusteen's book "Optimize Your BNB" and learn how to be an awesome HOST.

Having an optimized, powerful and easy to use spreadsheet is probably the best tool you can get to quickly analyse rental properties online and offline.

There is no right or wrong format in general – you just want to optimize in each market you want to be in what the best strategy to accomplish your needs.

It all comes down to listing quality, revenue optimization, and customer service.

Freedom to give and live and not have to sit in the nosebleed seats or read a menu right to left. 

Take a clue from the US goverment.Another way to optimize is liquidate properties that don't have the best long term prospectives and trade into better quality assets.

@Matt Littlepage realtors tend to be less than optimal avenues to find good deals… Although I have found a few here and there, search for ones that are explicitly “investor friendly“, or even here on bigger pockets forums!

The biggest challenge when people have money is usually not loosing money more than optimizing return.