When the insurance company has ten million on the hook, they hire some pretty fancy lawyers.

Don't expect to be coddled.4) A good agent has connections... from City Hall to the Kiwanis Club to Donald Trumps favorite restaurant maitré D.5) A good agent can spot a buyer by their shoes.6) A good agent won't open their mouth to you without pressing a business card into your palm and reminding you that they are still waiting for your 32 year old son to move his new bride into "proper" accomodations.7) A good agent will have a well-equipped black car waiting outside for you on discovery days.8) A good agent will be well dressed and well informed.

Too fancy is less good.

Tennant A is a member of a protected class and Tennant B is a white guy in his 30s; their stats are as follows:Tennant A; 700 credit score, monthly income of $4,000, no felonies or any other marks on the record, and two positive landlord references.Tennant B; 650 credit score, monthly income of $3,500, no felonies or any other marks on the record, and two positive landlord references.Subjective observations of each of the tennants are:Tennant A; showed up 20 minutes late to our scheduled showing of the property, the vehicle is a pit and obviously not cared for properly, dressed in pajamas, and a review of his social media revealed multiple crude and explicit posts.Tennant B; Showed up 10 minutes before he was scheduled to view the house, clean car, dressed professionally, and had minimal social media posts all of which were clean and polite. 

On a local level, unfortunately, all the rhetoric and quoted average rental pricing is based on the big new fancy apartments with lots of amenities.

@Mike M.I have a suggestion beyond fancy paint.

@Damon Cameron JrI grew up poor, dressed in garage sale clothes, damaged canned goods, powdered milk and government cheese.

Yeah man- I’m not trying to do anything fancy lol.

It's not the fancy part of town, but it's definitely great to us.

They were well dressed, polite, and recently sold their home.