I keep tract of 30-50, 188 years from 1933 doesn't influence me much. 1933 Detroit has very little influence on LA SF HONO.

Do I detect a bit of Charlie, Randy, and Bob's influence?

(plus, I just read the post on influence points and how it works. ) I'm going to try and incorporate it more in the future.

School boundaries can also significantly influence property values and desirability.I think the young trendy people are a good indicator since they are looking for a relatively cheap place to live but also looking for an area that has more than that going for it.

It's properties with 5 units or more that would normally require a commercial or portfolio loan product.The interest rate you can get is influenced by your credit score, and also by the market, which fluctuates over time.

I'm influenced by the fact that that is what I did and what I had to do. 

I only get my hands dirty once in a blue moon, but when I do, I make it count and make it visible.Also, I'd recommend the book "How to Win Friends and Influence People".

Do the work and take ALL of the factors that influence value into account. 

I've always been interested in real estate investing/property management, yet I've never had any "mentors/influencers" around to help.I have a slue of questions, but for now I just want to say 'Hello'.My background: Primarily collections and customer service, so maybe not the best background experience to help get me started.So here I am!

Realtors are not doing so well right now so another newbie in the field would not really help matters any unless you have a sphere of influence of 5000 close friends to use as buyers and sellers to do business with you.