Of course, this meant investing in upgrades the properties, and allowing pets to distinguish them from the rest of the market, so there are tradeoffs.  

SFR vs multi, individually metered vs one meter, property management vs managing one self, hiring employees vs using contractors, cold location vs hot location, age of building, quality of materials used in the original construction, rents at or below perceived market rents,etc.

I do think that Michael Bluejay's argument is flawed because he did not distinguish between houses and real estate.

Some hard money lenders do not distinguish a difference between lenders base on nationality and give people the same rate regardless of where they were born.

Joel, That about follows my read on the situation - though I like to distinguish between energy efficient and "green" as there are a lot of other elements in "green" certifications such as LEED or Passivhaus which deal with the sustainability of, and embodied energy in, materials.

If I had some kind of relationship that allowed me to beat out similar offers then that would be different.In my example the house was in an area that I doubt is scoured by investors and the sellers were very motivated but just not enough...yet.Anyways, yes a good deal is a good deal and a bad deal is a bad deal, and luckily I have some help distinguishing the difference.

Start from "Distinguishing Brokers and Finders".

This case is so easily distinguished from the typical "wholesaler" activity as to be completely meaningless as a tool to "answer" anything at all.

In addition, by their definition, the act of selling primary research information for oneself to one individual (*not published to the general public) and the act of buying information for one's own consumption... neither of these activities are "brokerage" activities.

The real problem is none of the loan underwriters distinguish between a filed Homestead exemption and 'primary residence'...if you don't file a homestead on your duplex at all, 50(a)(6) should not even apply to your property [even if you reside there], lenders should be able to take signed 'homestead waivers' from borrowers who have not filed homesteads, taking the loan out of the scope of 50(a)(6), which applies only to HOMESTEADED property.