I could end up paying pennies on the dollar for expensive materials like girders, trusses, and framing.

After the speech, one guy, who was a real estate investor himself, approached to tell me how wrong I was, how the market was still going down and it was a terrible time to buy rental houses. 

Tons of 5-10 minute montages with tons of motivational quotes and speeches.

check the trusses for damage or past roof leaks .

I have speech issues so I'm not able to develop connections.

Sometimes, free speech should be illegal, like yelling fire in a theater. :)

RandyOf course the people that make the laws are going to exempt themselves but as far as I'm concerned their right to free speech is no greater then mine.

Typically, they look at your framing and truss design, but they aren't there to ensure that your crews followed the design exactly. 

I’m not talking truss members and cinder blocks but you will have to create your repair list often, otherwise known as a punch list.

[Hard to get but depending on your "elevator speech", it is possible.] 3.