They represent prospective buyers viewing the property as inspectors, contractors, etc.  

- It would suck to put all the work into developing something like this and have it throwing off a lot of cash, only to find out no one else wants to replace you & your wife for a reasonable sales price:(

Here's how you should allocate your time (and in this order)1. 99% of time developing your business plan/idea2. 1% of time thinking about the LLCMany people get caught up on the purpose/use of an LLC and don't spend enough time thinking about how to make money. 

How did you develop this list?

It explains the team that you should develop to have a strong foundation under you while investing remotely.https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/core-four-real-estate-teamWhat market are you looking to invest in? 

Over the past year, I fully renovated a house owned by a family member, which has given me some hands-on experience.Currently, I am exploring properties that I could potentially fix up and have been practicing underwriting for these prospective investments.

I’m currently developing a mobile home lot for resale in Ellijay.

This article includes Prospect Mortgage getting whacked with a $3.5M fine for paying referral fees: https://www.housingwire.com/ar...https://www.thebalancesmb.com/... is a good article to brush up on.RESPA doesn't apply on commercial or hard money loans. 

When I realized that I pivoted to a direct mail campaign to try and develop my own flip leads or start wholesaling.

I'd have no issue if they mailed me or scraped TOT info to reach out etc, but to use a businesses platform to market and take revenue away, and have to disguise your contact info to do it...no thanks.I realize some of that is just the name of the game, and plenty are ok with prospecting this way but for me you can use the demographic of STR owners without directly sourcing via the competitions platform.