But I had to learn the art of marketing and selling these properties as fast as humanly possible, otherwise the commission I would have saved would have been eaten up in interest & other holding costs while the cricketts chirped and no one even looking at my houses.

It will not be easy, but if you stick with it, I'm confident that you'll find REI worthwhile.Growth always works, like nature, according to established lines (ex. seeds to not turn into trees overnight; they evolve always according to similar stages of growth).Remember...Definite Plans + Faith + Emotion + Action = All human accomplishmentDefinite Plans: your mental roadmapFaith: Believing in yourself and others and that you can accomplish your goalEmotion: You must feel strongly / KNOW you will accomplish your goalAction: Plans not applied through action leads nowhere. 

In most cases the owner of the LLC is the registered agent which is public information and found easily by searching the respective state website.If you're "disguising" ownership with a trust, you're doing it wrong.Entities should only be owned by other entities - no human persons should be either owners or members of S-Corps or LLCs. 

We have to consider the human element.

First step is arrange to get the body out of the building before it stinks the place up.

There's a human element to being in the business of putting a roof over someone's head and we can't let that fall to the wayside. 

You can write up a canned response and set a filter so it's automatically sent to emails containing specific words in the subject line or body.

There is no certifying body that gives out certificates.

I can look after my body better than they can... but yet you go to the doctor when you are sick or have a broken bone.You are paying for that doctors experience and knowledge.

With my body breaking down and the constant wide open pace in the Military the whole property management thing doesn't sound half bad.