I think the whiteboard animations are over-done and don't make the seller any more comfortable about selling their home to you, but that's just my perception. 

As someone who works the probate niche, I've been painted an ambulance chaser...So I guess I can deal with the perception of being unprofessional by someone who colors me so by way of hawking his own product.

What i was trying to point out is that your end buyer's "perception" could be that they are getting scammed if they knew you were making $60k plus on the deal without doing any work or repairs.Perception is often taken over reality and as such, I recommended that if you do this deal, to do a double close and NOT an assignment of contract.I would also guess that your exit value is high, particularly since you have mentioned that other properties have sold to other investors for under $30k.

It's very easy to mistake our perceptions for what the market thinks, but it frankly doesn't matter if I would want to live my properties or not - it only matters whether or not my market considers the property to be in acceptable condition.All of my rental units have extremely strong cash flow - and it's not because they're the nicest properties in the neighborhood.

I think OP was talking about the connotation/perception.

For the most part, agents would you say the show is an accurate perception of the life of a licensed agent?

What I'm really worried about is that they have a child with respiratory issues and the perception/reality of soot and chemicals smells getting into the fabric couch etc.  

This is a good lesson for me in perception Michaela. 

My perception of a team is that every member has a purpose and that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

The personal perception is what is really important.Jeff S if I was going to play the lottery.