It takes a while for perception to catch up with reality.

Obviously I am still young in the whole game so I could change my perception of everything down the road.

https://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/9232/blog_posts/55313-intro-to-section-8---your-perceptions-vs-my-realities

value depends on whos perception you want to consider because its different for each:- appraisal value - how appraisers will determine value for the purposes of obtaining a conventional loan on a fourunit is mostly weighed towards comparable approach in my experience even though the appraisers notes say "most weight was given towards income approach," Ive seen this hundreds of times- subjective value to you as an investor - each investor has their own criteria similar to what others have mentioned above regarding how "they," look at a value- banks underwriting value - may differ from appraisal value if dealing with local portfolio or commercial lender as they use different metrics to adjust appraisal value or listing price to lend only up to their version of "value,"- Market/selling value what the market will actually contract at for that given property, sometimes guessed by realtors as a BPO or broker price opinion.

I have bought them through owner finance however the Dodd/Frank laws from my perception are to protect owner occupants and really do not affect the investor/buyer.

Their review of their agent is typically very binary (great or horrible) and much of their review of the agent is really a review of the process and their perception of a full-value property sale or not.Once I identify the professionals that have some connection with RE, I ask them a simple question: "I need an experienced, full-time agent who typically deals with homes in the $???

But it truly is more perception than reality. 

It may be difficult for you or anyone to see the perceptions of others as you know what you might do, but others can't be assured of that.

The schools aren't really bad, it's just a perception issue.  

I'd think that there might be the false perception of something being not legal (like some people think that taking a property sub-to is illegal) than there actually being anything illegal in the course.