Small bits of information give people the illusion they are experts, and then they dig into the position that they hold. 

Believe me I owend 350 of these types of homes from D's to B's its not something you want to risk.I understand this company has a very polished approach and a very well thought out marketing scheme that gives the illusion of grandour but its just an illusion..  

Your List filtering is an illusion.

At least our government (so far) doesn't seem to have any illusions about that.

Ill use SmartMove.

It also gives each of certain protections (or at least the illusion of them).  

I found taking them an unnecessary distraction from my business consuming time I could otherwise use running, building, and managing my investment business.In any transaction, you have to disclose that you are a licensed agent and remain compliant with all the reams of  disclosure paperwork some government bureaucrat created to justify his or her make-work job to create the illusion he or she was protecting the public. 

The feeling of being safe is an illusion whether you have a gun or not.

I don't maintain any illusion that the important factors begin and end with the Census data and the BLS data and the price trend.But I am totally inexperienced with RE investing, and I have no idea how to consider and weight the influence of the "soft" factors.

You would be suprised the optical illusion of one color paint on walls and ceiling.