I wouldn't say that spending precious life time to drive around to get lucky is a strategy I use anymore, since the competition uses faster, better and cheaper tools and will pick up that gem way before you see it.

There are fees associated with purchasing and selling precious metals and this took me over a week and a half and I actually lost $500 on this.

(Really make them feel like you assume they are just contacting every open apartment and not that they are already checked) and so that by the time you get to possibly showing them the listing in person, hopefully one of those people who have funding sources you don't look down upon and worthy of your precious listing will have applied.

And agents are so scared of losing their precious account, they wont stray outside the 'FNMA agent handbook' even a tiny bit.

Lets all just keep in mind that time is the most precious resource that we all have.

My issue now is how do I get that precious little thing called data from the properties I am interested in investigating?

Staging would depend on your local market, and your budget.You can consider, as pointed out preciously, possibly staging only for MLS photos with the use of the same items. 

Originally posted by @Precious Thompson:How much does it cost to get a Real Estate License?

Checkbook LLCs do have there place in certain investments such as crypto currency, tax sales, overseas purchases and storage of precious metals, etc. 

Thanks for all members for their precious views.