The way I see it is that if I'm the client/customer, I should be able to walk in half naked now and be welcomed with open arms. 

We are closing on our first multifamily home and would have benefitted from the reduction, now not so much.Add to the fact Trump wants to limit mortgage interest deduction and remove 1031 exchange, both huge reasons to be involved in real estate, his presidency is already looking grim, and that doesn't even consider his social policies, just what's relevant to this community.

We have a legitimate subprime auto loan bubble, wall street has securitized cell phone bills and rent payments, the stock market seems to have no place to go but down, incomes are not keeping up with home prices, Canada and Australia are facing housing downturns, foreign investors are bidding up high end homes, private commercial lenders seem to be spending big bucks on finding new customers and HGTV flip shows and investors are all over the place....

The only think that might be relevant in my mind is if the field will be generating noise and headaches (dirty streets, rioting fans, etc.) then this can impact your property value and the type of tenants that will agree to live there.On the other hand, if the school's football team is popular, this can be an opportunity to AirBnB the property and have a tailgating setup (there was a company on Shark Tank that did that).So I'm afraid I gave you the typical "it depends" answer but I hope this gave you a perspective of the pros/cons for your situation.

I told my agent to tell the seller to either pay for the survey or find me the relevant documents since I feel as though this is on them (no resolution yet).

He was right, at that time I had no other buyers and if I were as inexperienced as I know the vast majority of their customers are, I might have panicked.

If you are a "repeat customer", the agent or broker will often reach out to you first.Credibility is worth money.

Below is the link to relevant guidelines from Fannie.

I don't know anything about this.I'd seen it, I chose not to respond to it because I felt it wasn't relevant to the thread, as you're asking me to outline how you should invest your money over a variety of asset classes.  

Electrician found the power had just gone out.To sum up...I do not feel like I've got a partner invested in my success (what I thought I was paying for) instead I feel like I am a captive customer to increase their revenue.Thoughts?