While I am still learning how to get the most out of the site and havent even herd of a pro account until now, I agree that it would be nice to have a way to only deal with people who are already in the know and can discuss topics on a higher level of sophistication... more importantly, discuss business opportunities with people who are actually capable of doing business.

There are lots of people that discount the investment because of the perception of really bad tenant issues, the bad name parks have in society etc...

Just curious, as I know there are plenty of people out there who consider the U.S. to be a bully...and I'd hate to think that they're justified in trying to take us down just because of that perception...

I think NO and southern LA should be an area that has several opportunities and fewer that the normal investors who will attend the sales due to the perception of how bad these properties are.

Sophisticated sellers, such as banks, REITs, institutions, have developed methods of seperating "real" buyers from those that will only close if a laundry list of unlikely events occurs, i.e., 100% financing, sale to a third party, etc.

Also, there is the perception that the US has all the the leverage it needs to resolve the Israel/Palestine situation in an equitable manner, but won't take action to do it for various reasons.

Sometimes what comes along with the option contract are investors with a lack of sophistication or professionalism and that, more times than not, will cause the lender to question their character or capacity.

Lastly, there is the issue of society's perception that education isn't paramount to both personal and national success.

Truthfully, there's no real difference in the material verses a book titled, "Real Estate Investing Strategies"....just the perception in the buyers mind.

Detroit’s never going to be Chicago in my lifetime, but I would love to see the public perception of Detroit change.