Home buyers are very easily visually influenced.

Nor are the additional influences a simple checklist.What we seem to be able to pull from the two posts:1

The reason I ask is because it influences the recommendation.

Understand the factors influencing the market, such as job growth, economic indicators, and population trends.

That might stick out to those reading the particular post/s for that individual.They will usually have a very low or negative Influence score, so that is one way already in place to help identify the suspects.But when they are totally new to the site, with just their one post that is praising the company they are affiliated with, then they get banned, well the ban from the site totally removes any traces of that negative influence.

My risk is based on how influenced I can be by experienced RE brokers/investors and my attorney on how to invest this properly.

You can have some influence on this call if you try to develop that relationship.You have to notice subtle things to do this.

All I know I'm hungry and i want to do this thank you for your time @Edwin Solivan if you’re still out there, it would be interesting to hear where you are today after that first REIA meeting, including where that meeting led you and how it influenced your real estate investing endeavors, for better or worse   

From that three we just picked one as any one of them would be great.Outside of the data there can be other factors that influence your decision. 

From the neighborhood activist side of things, my plan is to use my influence as a land lord to imrove the neighborhood through cleaning up my own properties, encouraging other homeowners and land lords to clean up their own properties-lead by example.