Provide a Grasshopper or Burner number and monitor the incoming calls.  

SO I had to put real estate investing (REI) on the side burner -- still driving looking AT houses and getting to know more neighborhoods.

“Well you can just block them” This is true but they still have your main number, so all it would take to get their friends phone or simply get a burner phone to do the process all over again and you have no control.

If so, does one always need to keep a commercial lender on the back burner because private money will need to be retired before even 15 year "traditional" term?

@Russell Brazil - Are you saying that I should give the impression (through branding) that I'm a full time agent, or that I should actually put investing on the back burner and devote all my time to agent business? 

Get a burner cell phone.

Be aware that some dogs can start a fire on a gas range if food is left on the burner. 

I've got one or two potentials private seller deals on the burner for 2020, so we'll see.

Should I put investing on the back burner and focus 100% of my effort on finding employment in UT?

The fridge could have been returned because it doesn't work or the ice maker leaks like crazy or in the case of a stove one of the burners don't work or stuff along those lines.