They showed us all just how much people take them seriously and how much they really matter in influencing an election.Wait a minute!

Otherwise you'll get a bunch of vague responses from people who've been here on this site from 6 months to a year but seem to respond to every post as if they were an expert in all fields just to up their post/influence count.

This holds true in most markets (I would guess all, but will not say that as I dont have that info).Also, the 90 day anti-flip rule was removed, and the 20% above purchase price, while in effect, does not ELIMINATE anyone from doing so, you just need to have 2 appraisals and substantiate the reason for the larger increase with repair bills and such.

How do we use our collective influence to produce a more investor friendly atmosphere?

The moderators would probably tell you (as they have in this thread).Or you can inspect your influence score, since violations of the forum policies result in a decline in the offender's influence score.

And I tell the listing agent if they try to influence the deal anbd can't back up their suggestion or claim, they may well answer for it.

I would venture to say that most of their posts were questions asking political, off topic and genreal questions, like the economic impact of the fed on RE, Such postings were obviously to run up the points quickly to gain influence, IMO, as some of these folks are really not that well versed in the technical issues of real estate.It has turned BP in a broader scope of macro business topics rather than drilling down into details of real estate.

I don't have a single stand out influence, but I do remember when I had a lawn care business in my early 20's that there was a another lawn care guy in his early 40's that had 50 SFR's around and north of White Rock Lake in Dallas.

I want to encourage anyone who has had any kind of success to please help us by shooting a brief 3-5 minute testimonial for the site . . . these are extremely powerful and helpful for us, and we'll throw in 200 bonus influence points to your account here on the site if you do.I think that about does it . . . stay tuned!

A bank has other influences and requirements that must be met, unlike an individual seller.