Since I'm in the financial position where I want to pay down my debt aggressively (hence, the reason I'm deciding to move into my parents with my boyfriend and 3 pets for the next year, BIG sigh), I'm worried about wasting money on license that I could be using to pay down my debt.

The free sites are no good and are a waste of time. 

Why waste time and money forming in states (like Delaware etc.) if you're not going to conduct business in that state(s)?

You had me until "pain meds" (sorry if someone posted this already, I didn't read all the way through).. not saying it's a deal-breaker, I'd just be super careful and already have a solid back-up plan in place.

Haven't been in it yet, but it looks like a solid house.  

Second, your PM should be providing you with an analysis of market rent, they have access to what their other clients in the area are currently charging.Once you have a solid market rent, your PM should let you decide how much to raise rent, unless you want to hand that over to them. 

The list would likely be the same list as will be at auction; the only thing that would be different is the potential buyers would not waste time researching properties that are not up for auction.

Personally I want to know we have the funds lined up before we go shopping.. don't want to waste everyones time on deals that wont close.

I fear there are going to be many a broken hearts and lighter wallets following that advice.I could write a glowing book on this stuff but its not reality for beginners at all in my mind. your statement above is solid gold. !!!

Some like to do a few pre-screening questions so they aren't wasting their time on showing to people that aren't a good fit, but you have to be very careful to not discriminate.