To deduct expenses, you should document the damage with photos (before and after cleaning) and keep receipts for any cleaning services or products you purchase.

Product/price wise. 

The question here is how can I rely on myself doing more diligence when it comes to liens, issues with HoAs that may have financing declined or things that may affect me when buying cash!?

Furthermore if agents were paid on a fixed hourly scale then the thing driving that rate would be the quality of the product they produced.

That's it, they don't set what price a product has to be sold at.

I’ve personally met some lenders and financial professionals with interesting products at local networking events, and it’s a great reminder of how important it is to connect with people in the community.

(PA, DE, NJ) But this is totally dependent on your location. 4) What type of loan product are you using?

The market is competitive but if you deliver a consistent quality, in demand product at a good value you will do fine. 

Chad Littell from CoStar notes that while institutional investors adjusted their strategies early in response to rate hikes, individual investors have only recently begun scaling back.July Sales ReportAccording to CoStar’s July Commercial Repeat-Sale Indices (CCRSI), the equal-weighted U.S. composite index, tracking smaller market sales, showed only a 0.2% price increase from June, with prices down 0.7% year-over-year, marking the first annual decline since 2012.

The last thing you want to do is push something in and get it declined due to an unforeseen guideline.