Honestly I have never really thought about the real estate being equated to the boat or rusty classic but it totally fits. 

And you are correct when you mention that "no one will care about [your] money more than [you]"... again no one is arguing that... but with your logic that applies to anything, might as well cut your own lawn and might as well do your own kitchen remodel and might as well represent yourself in court... it's the classic 'stepping over dollars to pick up pennies' scenario - one must find value in services, pay for them and move on to bigger and better things...

This BiggerPockets classic covers every single step in the process that will make you a black belt investor and a wealthy individual.

Matthew Runfola This is a classic cope out not to do anything.

My classic response is that if they thought they were getting a new construction home, they should have offered me double or triple what they did as our number to negotiate off of.

;-)Here are some classic home buying phrases:CHARMING - Tiny.

Stick with a classic color.

. … The real danger comes from encouraging or inadvertently tolerating rising inflation.”The classic monetary theorist Irving Fisher had warned, “Irredeemable paper money has almost invariably proved a curse to the country employing it.”

I'm in a classic dilemma:Strong credit 740+Net worth >$2.2M (primarily in equity, so not easily liquid)Great track record in real estateSelf- Employed in same industry/field  for many years, with YoY growth in income.Almost no revolving debt (two car payments and varying credit card balance, but minor)Tax returns UNDERSTANDABLY write off as much as possible (income looks low), so QM lenders can't read between the lines.Debt/Income ratio is high (55%) when considering tax returns as the source our net income and then mortgage payments on my 4 properties (not apples to apples).Asset based qualification seems to be a rare process?  

Not sure if I can tell you any short cuts to gaining info other than to dig in on the forums and blog posts here on BP and getting your hands on some of the "classic" RE books like The Millionaire Real Estate Investor, How I turned $1,000 into a Million in Real Estate in My Spare Time, Think and Grow Rich, etc. etc.The local REIA is a good place to do some networking and the Lancaster group is fairly large.