If you are buying a property, the agent should only ask (if they do at all) to see your ID to verify your human and then only if they are providing you with access to viewing homes on your own.

Don't just learn about Real Estate, also learn about construction - go to Home Depot every Saturday and take their tiling and painting classes (for free), volunteer on a Habitat for Humanity jobsite to do cleanup and just pay attention and ask questions.

The fact is you will never know it 100% and you will get caught up in analysis paralysis which human nature finds very boring after awhile.  

The greatest delusion ever pulled off in human history thus far is the notion that $ goes to Wall Street to INVEST, to GROW, to RETURN, to PROFIT...... 

Maybe it's a human nature thing and I evolved from some other strain of extinct Neanderthal that made decisions based on need rather than social acceptance.

9) Just some human-side stuff -- when you cruise properties, be kind.

I ran into about every problem and hidden ugly humanly possible.

He is a master at his trade, has fair pricing and is a great human.

I think for now the human element is too important. 

For the cheaper house, I got the dining chairs from the Habitat for Humanity Restore and they are much better: no cushions, no crossbars to break, etc.