A partner may be reluctant for a variety of reasons but it's not wise to force the issue.

It seems BP's goal is to create a large volume of great hosts with great community engagement on a variety of different verticals, specifically so they don't have to worry about one person "carrying the torch". 

Depending on local law and the office policy of that Agent, they may be able to act in the capacity of a Dual Agent; or allow you to be "unrepresented"; or treat you as a "customer", which usually means they will help you "fill in the blanks" on a purchase offer for their Client's property, but they cannot advise you what to fill most of those blanks with.In theory, all Agents must be fair and honest in their dealings with Buyers AND Sellers, BUT, they are limited by law in what they can reveal about their actual Client to other parties involved.Another point I would like to make is regarding comments about Agents not understanding the numbers.

This is achieved by asking a few key landlord-tenant handbook approved screening questions that I will reveal at the end of the course during an interactive role play session.

whats up Justin, I flip in Sacramento with a variety of partners, I would suggest getting out to some of the meetups throughout our city!

Kind of like working out for what feels like forever, with "no progress", and then one day you look in the mirror and see that ab starting to poke out and reveal itself!

Clearly, your ten-year-tenants were of this variety, and just as clearly, you think the 7-maintenance-requests-in-a-year tenant is a problem tenant.

I'd look into buying a duplex to start for a variety of reasons.

However, like you, I can't think of any real reason why they'd care to withhold it (unless it reveals revision requests in the notes that would appear to have caused the final value to fall a hair under $50k a door). 

I believe DC proper (Baltimore, for sure) is one of those owner residence areas.Here in coastal SC, you have a variety of regulations.