I am glad that you are going with the professional survey - if you tried to find the markers on your own the neighbor would just accuse you of moving them.What really puzzles me is the paint thing. 

I'm pretty puzzled by Philly and this whole process.

It's like trying to put a puzzle together, with the pieces upside down.As far as what you have to offer a mentor, unfortunately the items you mentioned, although highly valuable, are not that valuable to a mentor...mainly because the mentor would get the use of your "traits" only after they have trained you. 

Work your files, talk to your AEs/lenders/clients to make sure the piece of the puzzle your client has fits where you are trying to place it. 

The deadline was yesterday.On one hand it's really annoying because I don't have all the pieces of the puzzle that I'd like to have to get a clear picture of the house I'm buying.

Beyond that, it is a matter of looking at ALL of the pieces, to see if the entire puzzle "fits" together..dates, addresses, employment,etc.

I have to start somewhere, and think building wealth for future investments and becoming knowledgable with sales transactions would be a good piece of that puzzle.

Rental History is important but it's only one piece of the puzzle.

I've heard there are some great ways to piece this puzzle together! 

It's your money, so I don't mind if you just want to use us for 1 piece of the puzzle, or just a second set of eyes to look at a situation and answer a quick question.