To some, this could be perceived as a negative, but to others, this is exactly what they want.As @Wayne Brooks said, if you're really concerned about it, just make sure you're getting title insurance on the property to verify there are no title issues. 

They simply don't know about it, and are afraid of the perceived risk. 4.

I like it that people perceive me as a man of my word.

While not an absolute rule, for the most part DSCR lenders avoid working with first time home buyers because of perceived occupancy issues, not too mention you have no mortgage trade lines or experience. 

I know some of the people building those giant buildings downtown, and while I am not happy with the style of the buildings the city allowed them to build (I am extremely conservative when it comes to architecture styles, and would prefer they were 100% faced in brick and not these weird mishmash things everyone builds now a days), or what I perceive as a lack of parking and over reliance on a luxury market, they are going to do quite well for themselves, so on that front it is hard to argue.

Perceived Upgrades:Expect some tenant turnover.

You cannot go and pay a few hundred and pass a class to get it.Now if you wish to get into foreclosures, there is the SFR (short sale and foreclosure resource) designation which you could get for around $300.In all, I think it depends on where you would like to go, and what your clients or other agents perceive what those credentials mean.

That said, it set the property apart from others and of course tenants want those amenities that they perceive to be higher end.

They see his celebrity and perceived wealth and all they envision is all the money they will make.

I don't know all the differences but I do know that when you put something as common as a Texas homeowner's insurance policy right next to a homeowner's insurance policy from any of the other lower 48 and you'll immediately see the differences.Aside from that, do you think it may have been a true abundance of land or merely a perceived abundance of land?