$6100 seems outrageous to me, but I'll assume this was a 2 story home and factoring in the difficulty of painting up high and on a ladder.  

Often, the vacant with renovation policies will have lesser coverage or more exclusions than a builder risk so you should carefully compare price and coverage to see what is better for your project.If you are having difficulty locating markets for the project PM me and I will send you a list of companies that we use in the area for both types of policies. 

I mean, the best thing is if you can get a small group of people together, each with their own strengths.  1 in construction, 1 with technology, 1 with real estate etc.. 

You want to look for a diverse work force too with jobs in healthcare, manufacturing, technology etc. so you aren't too reliant on one work sector.  

Modern technology is a great thing.

I am having difficulty finding prior sold prices on properties. 

You can leverage technology to assist with things, but 100 to 1 companies tend to have the worst communications problems.

How can you take advantage of technology to help further your career?

While I do not want to waste any time and energy dealing with this type of seller’s agent who had difficulties keeping his own words, but I also want to know if this is a common practice?

You will likely run into difficulty obtaining a conventional mortgage with an LLC and interest rates, down payment percentages, and refinance retention percentages will likely be less favorable with non conventional loans.2.