Consider that an appraiser may take $30,000 to $40,000 off his/her new valuation of the finished home for the fact that it now lacks a garage. 

My credit score is extremely high, I have a high-paying job, no debt and I've been rejected over 13 times due to lack of "credit" history or some other ridiculous reason.

@Bala Apparao - Thanks for your reply.Yes, I am very aware of the situation of the lack of security number and credit score.

I am considering becoming a licensed agent myself - I feel the benefits to an investor of pursuing a license outweigh the costs and/or lack of experience of an excellent professional real estate agent.

It like when Apple or Tesla pays hackers to find problems in their code.

Mostly this was due to my lack of knowledge.

I have educated myself a lot on the BRRRR strategy but now my minor set back is the lack of understanding when it comes to financing with partners since I'm aware this will take me 3-5 times longer to accomplish on my own. 

Attorney's will tend to be quite a bit more expensive simply due to their business model and lack of scaling scope.  

The manager was grateful that he didn't hire someone with such lack of character, ethics, and respect.

Well maybe it's my lack of experience, but I am starting to think there isn't plenty.