Going through the levels of agent is definitely very hard but if you at min. were able to choose the right agent that represented your side and able to convey your message in a meaningful way I think that could be the defining element here.

But apparently this is common in this neighborhood and each home is identified by a "1/2" as a post script to the numerical address of the home (if that makes sense).

There are numerous reasons investors want to do seller financing and as you've read Brandon's book you've probably learned many of those reasons.One common reason is an investor may not get approved for another loan (depending on how many they have) through a lender. 

Depends on the location of the fire within the structural elements, you can replace just a portion and then braced-it/connect the new portion with steel plates and bolts. 

The example has even number of elements, so technically it's a mean of 50th and 51th elements but mean of 100 and 100 is 100.The example is unfortunate because of 100 being both number of elements and the prevailing value in the data set may confuse you even more.  

What are the benifits of a design and build firm with an architectural design element in house? 

Sometimes it's ambiguous, but even then, why should I bother with the company that has numerous unresolved lawsuits, versus another company that is virtually the same but has none.

There have been numerous journal papers in QF on the subject of calculating an accurate beta.

Here it is.You must know how to analyze markets to find the micro-markets where you will use your knowledge of How Money Works to execute the part of the plan you have developed to achieve your financial goals, which must include an in depth understanding of the extraordinary impact of compounding, both positively and negatively, as well as an in depth understanding of math...not just how to fill in formulas, but what all the elements of these formulas mean, and how any adjustments made to any of the variable in those formulas have different impact levels on the rest of the equation,....

I have been involved in numerous evictions.