That guy seems like he has got a lot of energy by looking at the website for podcast and such. just by looking at it for minute, he is going way deeper in the weeds with it than I ever want to go.. plus I am not at all interested in assisting peoples living.

I'm going to bite the bullet and purchase some bandit signs.

I know this may not be what you want to hear, but sometimes there are no magic bullets! 

I think it's about the most space efficient you can get, plus there are likely energy efficiency benefits(or at least utility cost improvements) compared to your current set up.

Apply your energy to learning the business and maximizing your ROI. 

Most of the poor reputation LOs have is probably because a lot of landlords do them on their crappy properties that they can't attract good tenants for, imagining that somehow an option is a magic bullet to make the tenant a better one.

You're expending too much energy on something that's not that important. 

Because my husband cannot walk very well, and he is very slow to do anything, when he has enough energy to do anything, I had to clean out our two car garage of all his tools and all the stuff in it, as well as pack all our stuff in the house, and I worked day and night.Had to call for a special pickup for all the junk that we had to throw away, that I alone had to haul out to the curb by myself. 

Not sure if that changes any of your bullet points or not?

Explain that your function in the real estate investment cycle is to spend a lot of time and energy to market to potential sellers, weed through the valid prospects, successfully negotiate the price, and market to find an end C Buyer.