its a huge perception problem that sellers have and wholesalers foster it with their sales pitches.   

Unfortunately, for the darker one´s this will be the normalized perception.

The siren call comes for us all.Be well,

The number of pictures is good as a representation but quite often one's perception of a home from images will be different when they actually view the property; room sizes, personal feel, etc. 

It seems like most peoples perception of wholesaling is that it's easy money and doesn't require a lot of knowledge.

Proof of funds solves a lot of perception issues by others.I understand your frustration, but as a broker, I've been run down rat holes by guys with all kinds of questions and plans and NO MONEY = Doing nothing.

Maybe increase the perception of value with some light landscaping in flowerbeds.Ultimately you have to “win” in the eyes of an appraiser so whatever you can improve to accomplish that will help.

Because time on market is compressing, this metric is giving us lower perception of the volume going through the market.

. ^^ yes I closed on a house hack a few months ago and this is exactly what my mortgage broker told me, FHA appraisal itself was not much of a problem, the appraiser just looked for proper hand rails, chipping paint, relief valves on water heaters, etc, which are not a big issue unless the house is in bad shape, the bigger challenge was getting an FHA offer accepted over competing offers because of the perception to sellers that FHA is a big hassle/may not close, a 203k loan can wrap money for any needed repairs into the mortgage, so showing pre-qual for that may make your offers stronger 

He would just have to apply it to everyone so there's no perception of fair housing violations.