Acting as a messenger, the agent may be in a better position to negotiate a discount without ruffling the homeowner's feathers.A real estate agent can also play the “bad guy” in a transaction, preventing the bad blood between a buyer and seller that can kill a deal.

The intention is to prevent money laundering and funding terrorists. 

The belief that the market is too small could be preventing investment in the very infrastructure that could help it grow.

I send tenants to collections because I get the comfort of knowing it sits on their credit report for many years and prevents them from getting loans or cheating another landlord.

Using a company to do rent reporting to Credit Bureaus is a good idea to prevent the delinquency in the first place and at least increase leverage to recover the unpaid rent after it has happened.

@Rich Bultema - Just from my experience I have not had an appraiser impact the value for an older heater/air conditioner, however, a heater without A/C (as an example) has impacted an appraisal on a single family home.

Is that specifically a central air unit or did the furnace crap out?

Investment Info:
Single-family residence buy & hold investment.

Purchase price: $204,000

Cash invested: $30,000

This deal was an almost brand new construction in an up and coming area on the ou...

Also crawlspace air also not that good quality if air leaks through those loose ducts.

Is air conditioning required?