This song is stuck in my head " Mr. and his pitbull".

The issue lies within the professionals that you choose to work with.  

Choose your poison. 

Is there anyway to prevent colleges from seeing my email address unless I choose to give it to them?  

IF the complex is under a subsidy/tax credit that fixes rents as a % of Area Median Income, rents would be tied to the annual income data provided by the gov't, though an owner can always opt out of further assistance and charge market rents if they so choose.

You can choose to use that down payment to buy that option or take it and put it down on something else.

However, should you choose to sell a financed investment property, there is a tax due on the financed portion of the gain.

If you simply want to choose other investment or passive income approaches, then P2P lending, dividend stocks/mutual funds, carefully selected growth stocks, etc can provide that.  

They ultimately choose them because of pricing and it has now cost them at least 1.5-2 times the normal contractor pricing and the deadlines are usually set back because of it.When you are part of our client base, if you choose us to complete your flip, you can rest assured your project would be completed by true professionals, on time, on budget and most importantly with the highest quality of craftsmanship possible. 

@Charles MooreYes it is realistic to identify and secure 4-5 properties in that 45 day period, also you choose a great city to possibly invest in and a solid well known company as well.