Using your family's influence to land sweetheart deals does not count as expertise.Rest assured though, your objection has been duly noted.

I havent been around long enough to see high interest rates. How much does it usually affect house prices? Common sense says that when rates go up prices go down but what could we expect to see happen if rates went up...

How come when I see Bryan's influence points, it shows under 70k?

By keeping these homes off the market and controlling when and where they do go on the market, they influence some control over the available supply side.

I’m looking at duplex that is in very good town. The problem is that this property and property next door are the 2 worst properties in neighborhood maybe the whole town and the 2 are conjoin by driveways and parking ...

The only way to get your end buyer financed is to make the end buyer's underwriter happy.Anything under 90 days title seasoning is not going to make ANY FHA underwriter happy.Even if you have 90 days, in some areas they may require 2 appraisals, and make you jump through crazy hoops just because the seasoning is less than 180 days.If ANYONE gets an underwriter to overlook the 90 days seasoning rule, they have influenced an underwriter to do something that may cost them their job.

How high will the influence get to?

A broker can always throw in his commission which influences the bid process their way.

Listings come easier to long term agents but if you work your sphere of influence you can get them too.  

Jobs and population influence each other (ie. jobs attract people, growing cities with lots of people attract jobs)...a virtuous cycle.