I have never held a license for any state, but I think this would a good way to help get me started so I'm not going in totally blind. 

Does anyone know if they do blind HUDS in Dallas, TX and Phoenix, AZ for double closing? 

Getting connect with one or two of them to identify what they are specifically looking may be a better solution for you than being led blindly by trying to do your own research.

@James @James Park good supportive evidence, agnostic to the political environment.A while back I recall Michigan offering ZERO Corp Tax and 10 year forgiveness on property taxes for companies moving their business' there.How is that some get it and others are and will remain blind? 

I would not have expected them to come out and replace the battery for free though, as much as I know how much a battery cost and how simple it is to take off the cover and take out the old one and put it in.As a tenant myself many years ago I received the damages deposit letter, 1.5 hrs to replace one blind, 1.0 to replace a bulb.

I would even be likely to turn a blind eye to the dog being in occasionally (since it was my mistake to allow it in the first place)  if I hadn't had multiple complaints about the strong pet odor.

I have seen my primary residence change in swings of $50k in the span of a few days.The zestimate is blind, meaning if 2 similar homes side by side are fairly close, but one has a $25k brand new chef kitchen and the other has a 25yr old throw away kitchen, zillow is none the wiser, hence inaccuracy.Is this zestimate more accurate in other parts of the country?

This usually ends the nonsense ("the upstairs tenants wake me at 6am, a kitchen cabinet knob is loose, the kitchen light is not bright enough AND the latest...light from the street lamp comes thru the blinds into our bedroom" = maybe you want to leave...and "Oh no, we LOVE it here".Grad students don't tend to have alot of money to move around.

To believe such is naive at best and blindly ignorant at worst. 

The point is not that older houses are always better, or that newer houses are always better, the point is: every house is different, and blindly saying "newer houses will cause you less headaches than older houses" is an overly simplistic perspective that often comes from a lack of experience with both types of houses.The solution?