I am currently listening to "The 4 Hour Work Week" by Tim Ferriss and wow is that changing perception.

(They do sell B-class too)On that note it's interesting to get all these TK providers perception on what constitutes an ABC-class.

Well, Bill, you are quite perceptive, but in certain aspects of your analysis you did read a a little more into the situation than was there.

On one hand, I do agree that the agent is being greedy and his behavior is obviously damaging your perception of him.

Now, I realize that some believe I think I know everyting, but really, that's thier perception, not mine.

While the usual graph of risk runs higher when profits increase, the perception is, of course, the opposite: that when you're making more money you're better able to handle problems, have more cushioning built-in.

I also agree with Chris Mason Most commercial brokers want to bring a buyer that they know will perform, and if the buyer is already asking for cash from the seller, the perception is that you probably can't close the deal. 

Hi Jonathan,Thanks for your post albeit I sense sarcasm within it.I contribute to this forum to share my opinion and experiences and have no intentions of getting into any online keyboard banter.Most individuals will have different perceptions on different circumstances and I never argue that I am right or wrong.My perception on the upstate NY market comes from being personally involved in 25+ transactions in the last 2 years and also having close partners that transact in 100+ per year.My opinion is also based on mostly larger groups/turnkey operators and not individual investors doing 1 or 2 deals per year or a bad experience with 1 or 2 property managers as you mentioned.Feel free to send me a private message and I will be more than happy go into more depth.

I think the general public has a skewed perception of what we all do, and not just flipping.  

My neophyte brain says "Well that's odd that that inventory is up over 50% from two years ago and my calculation says we are still in a seller's market.".....which then leads to "so does this mean we were SO far in the hole that even with that huge increase, by 'normal' standards we would still be in a sellers market, and our perception is just different at this juncture," followed by "or is my zooming in only on SFH in DC proper skewing my image?"