Unless you find additional damage you'd basically be tasking a PA with trying to convince the insurance company that 4 missing shingles "destroyed your house"...GL

What I need to do today (what is the most important task to do today): Look up all of the potential banks near me.Once you have the framework in place you can start build out your vision, strategy, and build a step by step plan to accomplish all of the tasks that you identify.

Any good suggestions for specific maintenance tasks and intervals to best minimize the damage to appliances?

Depending on exactly where the property is, the relative technical savvy- level of the area, and what the jurisdiction wants to put out on the Internet.

Seriously such a great beginners lecture I look forward to listening to it for the 3rd time and starting task that I don't already do (my favorite is analyze 3 deals a day)#3 continuation of #1, meet the following key individualsInvestor/buyers agentLoan/banker to see where you stand loan limit wiseWholesalers/hard money lendersLike minded individuals#4.

Make an offer to assist someone with some of their tasks instead of just asking for help and you will stand well apart from the crowd.

And there's what you read on the internet.

Try an Internet search, on Blanket Loans. 

My advice would be to start learning with all the amazing resources now available through the internet.

My attorney is willing to write them a letter to warn them that forced labor can not be enforced and to basically stop with the constant emails with assigned tasks but I really don't wish to go down that road.