It's growing every year and the school continues to get nicer and more prestigious...

I have been advised, as a newby, I should find a way in to a prestigious RE Office with a well know agent, be an assistant while I take the REL course.

If I get it sparkling clean quickly, attract a great pool, show it smoothly... 

You are in the upper part of the country, so you may want to market/list the property inmajor Canadian cities near your subject home (within Craigslist_if available, hospital community boards_ lunch rooms, major & prestigious Universities, and prestigious employer community bulletin boards.) 

If they are willing to wait 60-90 days and that is OK with them, then they should get an agent and get some local cleanup guys and handymen to get it sparkling and pretty.

And just as prestigious.

Those are the words from a senior economics pro­fessor at a prestigious California university.

Some of the more prestigious areas (like Miramar) have seen some pretty high prices as well...which begs the question of where the money is coming from to acquire these homes.  

Those have always been prestigious areas.  

I have a full time job at an architectural firm in SF working on prestigious multi-family projects.