i called a number I found on line and it was his personal number he said and he not working for Rad. 

you can point to your policy (that you provided to them 2-5 different times) and the timestamp on the applications received showing they weren't first in line. 

Just acquired a property in a small North Texas very rural town. No building inspections or permits exist out there. The previous homeowner enclosed the back porch and was using it as a 3rd bedroom. By doing this the ...

And what is your price point and are you looking for turn-key properties or something along the lines of a "fixer upper"?

They will just wait for you to cancel the contract and offer on the listing themselves. 

Crossing the lines may not provide proper liability protection.Personally, I just kept my SF rentals in my name and got excellent insurance coverage, $500K per property plus a $2M umbrella.

My thought is to take a compiled list of property addresses saved in Excel and then run data scrape from Zillow and Redfin on each of those addresses, pulling the property details back into excel and into the appropriate table I have set up. 

I would focus on REALLY GOOD Realtor. 

Begin by educating yourself through books like The House Hacking Strategy and podcasts like BiggerPockets, and join online communities for support.

Only place I felt "safe" in CA was on base.