A good agent can be worth his weight in gold-pressed latinum.

But, we do not plan on staying in our current house forever so that doesn't seem like too much weight should be put into that.

Yes I understand that at end of day it'll still need to rely on buyer due dilligence to verify and it's a risk management decision, but tax return filing does carry more weight than seller's income/expense statement in my mind. 

Ask 1,000 people and get 1,000 different answers.A good property manager is worth their weight in gold.

Do you put more weight on long-term price appreciation (with better tenants on average)?

A good local handyman is worth his weight in gold

This is a mechanism used to make sure general partners are aligned with the limited partners, but are not a good indicator of your true return, so I wouldn't put too much weight on this.

If you find one that is experienced in investment property, they will be worth their weight in gold.It's difficult for someone to hold your hand through this process and answer your questions when we don't know you or the property.

I don't personally put as much weight on people with less than 5 years of experience in real estate investing.

More importantly, it "legalizes" the pet and the pet owners feel better about that, and usually stay longer.Put a weight limit on dogs.