@Emily N. this is a very interesting topic, thanks for posting and congrats on the acquisition to start, taking that step is a major deterrent to most.

It can take up to 2 years to train a diabetes service dog as well as a guide dog for visually impared.

People do weird things all the time in old houses to reinforce sagging roofs or floors that dont actually transfer load to the foundation but visually cure the problem.

As far as bathrooms, it's nice to have more, but I have to say it has never come up as a deterrent in our houses that have only 1 bathroom.

You and your neighbors, armed to the teeth, patrolling your own neighborhood, would be a far greater deterrent to crime in your neighborhood than a random police car, driving down your street once every 24 or 48 hours.

Well if you have no deals, I think the "visual" will give you respect from sellers, and you want to close on the first visit, and you don't want to waste your time, you had better put a lot of effort into how you look.For women, business suit, white blouse, or red blouse or blue blouse. 

Just turned off my TV and wondering if anyone knows what software does the property brothers use (or something similar) to visualize how the property will look after renovation.

Like how you added the pictures to your post for a visual. 

This is both a visual inspection (exterior, interior, etc) for peeling, flaking, cracked paint. 

Remember as well, that if you don't see the pumping guy digging up all three covers when pumping they did not pump the tank correctly.Updated tanks have internal baffle walls which are present from the manufacturer enabling the solids to be separated from the liquids , meaning if they only pump from the center cover which is most common.1.They don't get all of the water out of the tank.2.They cannot visually inspect the outlet condition.3.They cannot clean the outlet filter. 4.They cannot inspect the inlet condition where the pipe comes in from the house.Hope this post helps you to educate you on septic maintenance and possibly saves you money in the future.