But lending pre-approvals typically expire after 30 days, and refreshing the pre-approval each time causes a hit to your credit score.Do you keep refreshing the pre-approval letter every 30 days for your agent's benefit, or do you convince your agent to show you places without having a valid pre-approval letter?

Thus any new things would only support my cause. 

Problem was caught and  repaired before it caused major problems .

There are A LOT OF TRAPS along the way that can/will make the deal fall through (and cause you to lose your earnest money).

Real Estate is a hard, financially uneven business that can and will cause a lot of stress on your marraige.

I suspect the gov't regulators that designed the current disclosure forms had an anti-FHA bias, the pre-2015 disclosures didn't cause as much confusion, there's no other typical/standard fee that they make look like it's charged 3 times...

However I think many people are not as good with people, and they end up suffering though it or worse, it causes conflict between contractor and client.

it does not affect me yet, I don’t have any units that would justify more than a 10% rate in increase and I i can still do a no cause eviction in their first year. 

Did the plumber say what caused the clog?

There are A LOT OF TRAPS along the way that can/will make the deal fall through (and cause you to lose your earnest money).