An appraisal, by a licensed appraiser will hold more weight than comps by agents, etc.

"they are good at giving reasons why they should be paid upfront something however (usually they tell us in will increase chances)"They are full of crap.Buyers are hungry for real lenders who can perform.If you are a mortgage broker with real lenders you will make plenty at closing.If people are looking for 100% loans and all this other type of exotic stuff it really doesn't exist unless you have a property worth say 2 million that you can get for 1 million but even then you have points and closing costs.It's all a pipe dream and buyers need to not fall for the scammers traps.They know these buyers are wanting to buy into a large deal above their means and "hit it big".They suck out the 10k to 15 they have or more selling a dream and then do not fund.

I will say that the average person to maintain weight needs approximately 2k calories.

Keep in mind, I was actually selling at market value, not some inflated pipe dream.

Through it all, there are a few key points I've come to believe: everything exists for me as a possibility (and I mean... everything) and if you can dream it, the mind can help you accomplish it.

Should I take it and pursue my real estate dreams?

If one has verbiage in a contract that releases one of responsibility, I would think a judge would have a difficult time finding in favor against such contract...anything contractual holds more weight than anything verbal or insinuated.

Am I dreaming that I could do this?

The gurus take advantage of this and pure fuel onto the dream.

A good real estate CPA is worth it's weight in gold.