A lot of sophisticated buyers who are interested in safety deem those markets to be safer, and as such more valuable. 

A victim of domestic violence or sexual assault must submit a copy of a safety plan with the notice to terminate.

As a side note, use the rent differential as a lesson that sellers are always honest and verify the rent that is being paid via seller rental acct bank statements or talk to the tenant (if permitted).

I felt I needed to vent and to show the BP community a very valuable lesson I learned today.

Lessons learned?

Hopefully, second child's college education Lessons learned?

Not as good as oak lawn, but given high earnings from W2 job, not going to sell Lessons learned?

(podcasts, books, mentors, meetups ,etc)- What would be something you would say to someone just starting out, to light to fire under the rear to motivate them to not quit and jump all in?

It could have been left somewhere such that a dog used it as his fire hydrant for a long time. 

I learned a lesson with the guy - he did NOT clean up his dog mess and I let it go because I didn't want to "rock the boat" over a relatively small issue.