Just like I'd love a cheap place in Monaco, but I'm not entitled to have it for life from some governing body. 

I have already taken the required class work, had my finger prints done, paid the application fee yaddayaddayadda.... and now study everyday to pass the real estate exam.

I have strong communication skills and a lot of sales experience due to my printing and solar business.

If you opt to stage the apartment hang a few black and white prints and add a pop of color.I guess just choose something that looks good with the flooring and the lighting in the room and stay away from crazy colors.

A follow up to the second question, I was thinking blank envelopes but it sounds like you are branding your envelopes with some form of print and then using a different source to actually label them with individual lead information prior to mailing.  

First step is to check with any government agencies that would have records on the wells.. hopefully they will, as well as an as-built so you know which is which.Then, unless your budget is really tight, hire a well company to come trouble shoot the well, find out which one is flowing, get a pump installed....

Make friends increase your circle of influence - Hire a private detective - they are good at finding people (give his a piece of the profits)Check the death notices or search government record for certificates of death, check the obituary for next of kin - contact them. 

Shoot, one of them (w/almost 200K student loan debt (undergrad and grad)) was even able to get a down payment assistance grant from a local community lender (She is an attorney for a local government agency).

Electronic signatures, everything via email or PDF or print.

No government-imposed deadlines.