There will always be sellers that are annoyed by your inquiry no matter how delicately you approach them, nothing you can do about that.

Apart from your suggestion, I'm not sure there is any good way around that until I have a solid contact in most of the regions.I should also add that while there is occasionally a delicate balance that has to happen to avoid a conflict of interest, I prefer the listing broker/agent because they have the most information and are only 1 step removed from the seller.

I can recommend these fascinating books for those who want to dig deeper (from their armchairs):How To Live In Detroit Without Being A Jackass, by Aaron Foley (bonus if you can ID the cover design reference)Detroit: The Dream Is Now, by Michel Arnaud (these 2 books alone will show the delicate balance needed between Old and New)Unreal Estate Guide To Detroit, by Andrew Herscher (highlights the quirky underground creativity that permeates the city) 

But let's just say 80% of them were fabricated, 15% of them were way over dramatized due to taking a close up of a minor blemish and making it look big.  

We have large techs like Intel spending billions on fabrication plants, large insurers like State Farm expanding the workforce, and many others that have either recently moved or announced plans to locate significant employment in the Phoenix area.Arizona Landlord-tenant laws tend to be very fair and by most standards lean towards protecting the landlord.

I agree that fabrics and carpet absorb smells like nobody's business. my current home has almost no carpet left except for a little bit on the basement stairs until I figure out what I want to put there.

For our property in Panama City beach, we have cloth furniture. if we go pet friendly there, i would likely swap out for leather furniture. easier to get the dog hair out of it than from cloth/fabric furniture.

I recieved my degree in Mechanical Engineering and am currently (and have been since graduating) working as a Manufacturing Engineer for an industrial metal fabrication company here in South Dakota.

you must be kidding, this is a board for serious investing discussions not self promotion for realtors Anyone who thinks that I fabricated facts in my last post in order to “self-promote†is extremely inaccurate.

I'd say connect with a few developers, get referrals, look at recent new builds in your area, look into pre-fabricated options, etc.