If they are all very similar, all recent sales, none near a major road or school, etc, then you have a puzzle.

Sounds like if you have the deal, which these days is one of the hardest parts of the puzzle, you can figure out a way.

He looked at me puzzled and said, "That's a good question."

I would definitely recommend consulting with an attorney for options.What is puzzling to me, if I’m understanding correctly, is that the realtor wants compensation prior to closing for drafting a purchase contract.

If you decide to go the DIY team route, you'll need to vet each partner individually, but your PM is still going to be the piece of the puzzle that is most incentivized to keep you happy long-term, so finding a team you can trust is paramount.Best of luck!

There's a lot of pieces to the puzzle and they don't all fit on a spreadsheet! 

It seems Im either missing a huge piece of the puzzle here, or it just takes a lot of time before anything starts to happen.

I think that's the last piece of my "process in a nutshell" puzzle!

I've used Spokeo before and it put the pieces of the puzzle together for me.

It's a bit of a puzzle to me because I live my life within the world of the Fannie Mae guidelines I laid out above...but I do have a few ideas.