He announces his live presence at his home office right where boats can drive by on the water, and it's not safe.

There is a "sponsor exemption" but that only allows an unlicensed person to raise money but it cannot be more than 50% of their duties and the pay they receive cannot be based on how much they raised.If you have never raised $, a family office will be off the table as they typically want the company to ahve atleast $50-$100M in assets. 

If you believe that to be true then simply ask the escrow officer to forward it to the Seller they will have sellers contact info and they are a neutral party..

Are you asking as a buyer, or as a loan officer?

And many DSCR lenders are no Registered Mortgage Loan Officers (RMLOs).You will need to get a conventional mortgage for your refinance of some sort if you plan to live in it.

A friend of mine rented her property near a base and connected with military housing officers at the Family Support Center, which helped secure steady tenants.

Dumb question, but is asking a police officer to swing by just to assess if there is weed (quick smell test) be too much/a violation of anything/asking for trouble?

Businesses often times have multiple officers. 

Check with your Section 8 office. 

I've since created a similar program within my office and it's a profit center.