You have to understand "perception" and what that means.

Real estate is much art as it is numbers.Everyone has perceptions, opinions, including not limited to agents, contractors, project managers and ultimately - the investor shelling out the money. 

Escalating aggregate DTI isn’t the cause, it’s an indicator of overall societal irresponsibility.  

Negaunee is more desirable than Ishpeming (closer to Marquette, and a perception of better schools). 

Now you speak of it how great it is by tricking the public perception.

Geological time is very different from human perception of real estate markets. 

Because perceptions of what is more valuable when the deal goes south will vary greatly.

There are so many different societal beliefs, opinions, myths, and upbringing experiences that it is unrealistic to believe that everyone thinks the same as you do!

You are recognized as having a greater knowledge as a broker/agent than an agent, in reality with some mentioning of your license you may be selected over another agent based on perception by the public.Be good too, the judge will also look at you in a more professional light.Now, reality, the additional education is over office management, licensing requirements of agents, administrative aspects, escrow accounts and accounting, MLS, advertising requirements, it's not more in depth as to real estate from a property or marketing standpoint. 

Their owner, Brent Voepel, takes a personal interest in the client's satisfaction and based on my initial perceptions and feel, they appear like the type of company that would exceed expectations.