I told him, I need to review the document with my attorney before signing because he is lying and the format he sent me is not a standard state document, rather it was written for his company.

But, I also think a large part of their value lies in driving all over town, walking the properties, and getting those initial pictures.

Does anyone know what technologies and technology stack the BiggerPockets.com portal / platform is built on? 

Percentages lie...and they don't tell the true story. 

And in those jurisdictions I also have seen their is little to no recourse even when a person is caught red handed in the act because it is so easy to just lie and without evidence proving a lie (think of this like proving Bigfoot dosn't exist) the person walks. 

I don’t see many people actually out there doing deals really leveraging technology.

What may be a better way to farm an area is to utilize a technology called Redx and use their Geo leads.

Understand not much  can be done about the weather , but contractor is recommending an upgraded shingle : TruDefinition™ Duration STORM™ ImpactResistant Shingles with WeatherGuard®  Technology To use for this replacement -  Has anyone used this shingle and offer any recommendations on whether it is worth it or not , and what other measures are you taking against hail storm damage 

My background comes from Information Technology but I've always been fascinated by real estate.

Any solution is going to need to integrate with the existing remote technology to which you will likely need to attach some piece of 'hardware' to it in order for it to start communicating with the world.