If Dodd Frank compliance is required and properly executedCrime rates, amount of investment coming into the neighborhood and other indications it is a desirable place to live and will be in the future.If you purchased a distressed house and rehabbed it, can you show evidence all repairs were completed. 12 months of seasoning and a clean borrower interview will go a long way toward alleviating this concern.Your ability to prove all payments were made on time.

Didn't mark Witten do a interview on the breakfast club 

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@Elizabeth Colegrove h many job interviewers don't communicate if you aren't selected.  

When a buyer hires me to buy a home to occupy it, the initial interview is different than the questions I ask an investor.

My opinion is if your brand-new is to go to a Brokeridge that has excellent training, like Keller WilliamsMillionaire real estate investor, millionaire real estate agent, and the book shift are all books by Gary Keller of Keller WilliamsI would interview with as many Koreans brokerages as possible to find the best fit for you, try to find agents that do well with investors there

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Two of the three realtors I've interviewed weren't concerned about the house color affecting the price.

Look at threads on interviewing PM's - does this one have an in house maintenance staff that they will use your funds to keep busy?  

I would say to search online or try to get recommendations and interview 3 or more before deciding.