First, I'm not a typical real estate agent (I only represent my own deals), and I certainly don't deal with multi-million dollar properties, so this is just an opinion...I'm guessing that much of what they portray on that show is true enough, but the important thing to remember is that they only portray the most interesting and exciting 1% of what those agents do.For example, for every $400K "snap of the fingers" commission they show, they ignore the 20 deals that don't materialize, even after the agent spends lot of time and money wooing the client and marketing the deal.I'm sure the top agents are driving $100K cars (hell, I know some very unsuccessful agents who drive $60K cars), spend their time shmoozing over expensive lunches and have ultra-rich buyers who are happy to make offers site-unseen, but this doesn't reflect the other 15 hours/day where the agents are cold calling, dealing with tire-kickers, getting fired by unreasonable sellers, and spending money on banal marketing campaigns that don't generate any leads.Just my guess...

What is the car count each day on the road?

I have no observations other than recalling how hard it was to go from 60 to 100 hour work weeks and jobs everywhere to living in my car and driving from town to town looking for any job we could find.

The parking lots are full of holes and car damaging disrepair.

Remember, 10% of a property worth $1M is worth a lot more to you than 100% of a property worth nothing.Continue looking for funding sources... take out a loan against your car, 401k, life insurance, etc.Your post is sorely lacking in details and those details are all going to be needed before anyone will take you too seriously.

Sitting in car for a couple of hours to see if there are problems - kids hanging out, loud noises (trains), whatever.

They have the street parked solid full of cars all night long but most are gone by 7 to 8 AM.

And NO, I would not go to the police, I would go to my car, get my .357, and take care of it.

Using Zillow to list a property would be like throwing darts.I have heard many people pricing their home based on how much they had to payoff on a car loan or credit cards!

Why do you think the car sales person tries so hard to keep you from leaving?