I pretended to work at the office today, but really I was going through every listing.  

Give them a call and pretend to be a tenant.

It's the fantasy of having the magical software or app that turns into a cash machine.Having a lack of cash forces you to work harder to be creative.I would try to approach this with a mind set of pretending you are flat broke.

You could get a quick answer by calling a RE/landlord attorney or ask your question on avvo.com They should freely volunteer basic information like this, or you can coax it out of them by pretending to shop for their services.

Securities seem to be very misunderstood and I won't pretend to understand all aspects of securities investing but I generally have a good idea of what I invest in and my expectations from it.Funny, we seem to have opposite investing strategies in a sense as I invested in Real Estate very early on and now that my properies are throwing off some nice cash flow I am investing that income into the stock market for additional passive income and capital appreciation.

And called other owners and managers and pretended to be a tenant so you can get a feel for the competition?

If they want a designated account your attorney holds.There are many who pretend to be lenders and say all the right things and then act like they can fund and at the last second something happens and you lose tens of thousands or more and waist a bunch of time.

Pretend/faux grounded outlets are not something to ignore, especially when you are not the resident.

I would rather squash an over the top request with "I am not going to do that" than pretend to check with somebody else and then play phone or email tag later.

Pretending that selling the homes was out of the question, is there anything else you guys may consider given my current situation?