Since finally making the concrete decision to pursue real estate 5 months ago, I have listened to 21 BiggerPockets podcasts, have finished rich dad poor dad, rich dad's cash flow quadrant, how to win friends and influence people, flip your future, the book on tax strategies for the savvy real estate investor (BP), the book on flipping houses (BP), and I'm just getting started on the book on estimating rehab costs (BP).

My hope is to get them to agree to $350,000.Background: I currently have a LLC that originally focused on being a media influencer through a blog regarding living your best life/financial freedom.

And will a car loan and credit card debt influence on the approval of the loan?

I am a newbie agent with zero transactions - despite 24/7 prospecting and a 45 year sphere of influence, a bigger-than-life local profile, that includes a goodly # of 40-something couples with tremendous income, but not enough to afford a home in SB.

There is generally 3 things that influence the returns you can get.1. 

A deep understanding of their needs will help you all collectively determine whether you're a great match for each other.And, even if you're not a match, a deep understanding of their needs puts you in the best position to help them find someone who is a great match for them.Money or influence: You win either way!

Having working as a commercial appraiser in the past, we would call the comps sales agents to dig all of the motivating factors that influenced the buyers' decision, do a quick market analysis, look at the asset conditions, etc.Is it reasonable to ask my future agent to do all of this leg work as well?

After all, this is not the main influencing factor, and you have absolute power to interpret.

Likewise, by aggregating by zip code, it's clear that location has a major influence on demand. 

What he paid may have a big influence on what he’d accept.