Ask the applicant to tell you the bad news before you pull.If they lie, don't go further.I can deal with a lot of stuff, but basic untruthfulness is a constant that won't change.I've rented to felons and low-income people and, since I can't ask, those without legal presence in the USA. 

By day, I'm a learning/visual designer, music composer, and some front-end web development. 

It’s like a military task force being composed of sub-fire team sized elements or even just individuals...Sounds you are looking to be mentored.

I've found that most painters in my area, who are reasonably priced, don't have an online presence. 

Even if the property is down the street, you want to build a team and system that doesnt require your physical presence.

In addition to software, aerospace has a huge presence in Colorado.  

While that’s not a fail safe, it gives you an idea.Not a fail safe because insurer can cancel the policy after issuing if if they discover upon their inspection that there is an issue.For example, this happened to me because of the presence of skylights and this particular insurer wouldn’t insure properties in that area that had skylights.

Then you can say you have a local presence.

Or a city on the rise whose tech presence is growing — Amazon, Google, Microsoft, LinkedIn, Pinterest?

I have no experience with BatchLeads or using county tax records for contacts, but I think as a new agent you should first focus more on working your sphere of influence and build up your social media presence.