Protest it, if you have an appraisal within 12- 18 months that usually defeats it.

The second an agent is involved you are defeating the purpose if the agent does any work i.e. agent gets compensated.

To my understanding lenders do not allow to take out a loan to pay your down payment ( defeats the purpose of a down payment).

It kind of defeats the whole simple beauty of August.We were told by the lock company that we'd be able to create scheduled guest codes remotely using a particular hub but when we put it all together, we discovered that the only smart phone app available for that particular hub did not have the functionality that would allow us to do ANYTHING other than lock and unlock the door and check on the battery level remotely. 

Snatch victory from this temporary defeat and go on to launch yourself into your next phase of investing, but do it from a place of success.You don't realize how close you are to your first deal.

then they would be able to control the thermostat too that would defeat the purpose of putting a smart thermostat for me. 

Its also easy to feel defeated in a sellers market where competition is stiff and obvious discounts are few.

I read online that using the same address could potentially allow it to be easier to be "linked" to you as a LLC business owner in any legal cases and hence defeat the purpose of LLC layer of protection.

If you are doing more than that, you either have a bad PM or you are meddling too much, which defeats the entire purpose. 

Defeats the purpose of BRRRR investing.