well if you have had your license suspended for any reason in the last 3 years of buying this insurance its void they wont pay.. so I tell the salesmen Sorry I had my license suspended last year ( we have these stupid red light cameras) and I said the gap is no good for me.. the guy kept on hammering away to get me to buy it..

Between the paint jobs and the backsplash, I guess you could say the previous owners were not afraid to make bold design decisions... 

Here are the red flags:1.

That's the first red flag.  

But a quick look at realtor.com shows some new construction homes have been on the market for a while... that would signal a red flag for me.

As for something to work on, I would say at this point, my boldness.

Id question the ethics of someone who uses the accusation of someone being unethical as a red herring. 

Plus I'd have to live somewhere anyways and the rental market's red hot in places I'd want to live.

Below is red you can see where the analyst role lies within the acquisitions process. 

I see a giant red flag.