@Fred Heller is right in his explanation of the flood concerns and percentages.

No explanation further, just said there are no exceptions. 

@Joshua Dorkin @Mindy Jensen This is a great direction to go with increasing BP's effectiveness as a networking resource, but I think there is even more potential to be tapped here.BP does an excellent job in facilitating rapid, personal growth of your real estate networks by letting you connect with others in your geographic location, market segment or area of interest.

Give a short, sweet, and to the point explanation where they see your name and number a couple of times within a few seconds.

Sometimes they even self disqualify after going on a long explanation about what they did in the past.

@Chinmay J. the bank could have that as an "overlay" (see above explanation on what an overlay is) but that is not a rule in the Fannie/Freddie guidelines.  

You can look up and provide alternate comps and feed them with a brief explanation to you banker who can challenge the valuation on behalf of the bank, who is the client of the appraiser.

What I think will help you is if you define your geographic region and then cultivate relationships with banks in the area in which you invest. 

I am looking to start flipping houses in that geographic location before I start my masters program in March.

Very fast and easy process and doesn't invoice a locksmith.If we can get enough input from other investors on this list I'll create a spreadsheet of all the items and an explanation of their benefits then upload it into the BP FilePlace.