The seller can merely seek out the agents whose business models fit what they are seeking. 

You can also take some additional deductions such as the home office deduction, that would not be available to you as a mere "investor".That's my interpretation, though I'm not a CPA.

Remember that businesses pay tax after expenses - mere W-2 mortals pay taxes before expenses.

Their argument is they merely earned and collected collected a "finder's" or "referral" fee.

It's amazing that our congress and legislators don't seem to understand some of the stuff they pass how are mere mortals like us expected to wrap our brains around it.

It ranks behind food and clothing, it’s merely number 3.And what of the doctor, he or she of the large home and expensive car?

These walls are structural, not merely cosmetic, and taking out this wall will damage the structural integrity of the house.

Hi @Michael Clayborne, I'm and commercial real estate appraiser in Houston and am not too familiar with Cleveland County's CAD as its very different from our counties site, but I tinkered around Cleveland County's CAD site and figured a couple things out.The Taxable Value given under the Valuation tab on the CAD site for a given property is merely a county opinion of value at that time for that year.

Knowing a traditional investor would offer you mere pennies on the dollar at 65% - repairs - fees that puts us at (really low)....

You may not be perfect, but the mere fact that you posted this question here tells me the numbers probably aren't great and you're squeamish about putting down that extra $10k (I don't blame you as that could potentially get you a whole other property).