I like the overall theming of your decor, but I would remove all the smaller pieces and keep walls decorated with just the large pieces of art that you have. 

Additionally, nearby Moffit Cancer Center recently announced a $400M expansion, 2 major hospitals in the area are undergoing major expansions, and Amazon recently purchased 82 acres approximately 5 miles away and plans to build a state of the art distribution center on the land.

.- Nearly always (unless your home is like a staged new construction model home) staging - meaning even if you have your own items in the home, usually moving things around, removing some, replacing others with rental items if the original items make the rooms look too small or dated, adding/replacing decor and art work, making sure flow and decor maximize space and positive features, repainting walls if the paint color is lowering appeal.- Same concept for outside.- Professional grade photos.- Pricing that takes into account your home's unique features, which could mean going higher or lower than just lumping it in with the mix of comps that appear to be similar.This is agent specific and not necessarily related to a specific company, I see high end 'premier' listings poorly marketed by mainstream traditional companies sometimes and some 'budget' agencies where the agent just did a great job with this stuff. 

Also looking for guidance on how to negotiate prices down and if that's a possibility (I'm reading Trump's Art of the Deal and I'm not convinced that his way of negotiations is the best for SFR's), general guidance for using the VA loan (is it possible to refinance the VA loan with a conventional bank to use for another property down the line?)

JasonThe art of wholesaling in and of itself is a skill one has to acquire by doing - this is just my opinion.

A lot of people will tell you that you need MLS, but the sold data on zillow is actually quite good and they have a tool to build comps.Determining ARV is an art and a science and it requires experience.

I think there is a lot more to the art of comps than that.

I'm not sure what your degree is in but this is ESPECIALLY true if you're getting a business/liberal arts/psychology degree.

Negotiation is not the art of you getting the best/cheapest rates for the loan.

Designing is a needed art.