As a matter of fact, I am heading out right now to a listing appointment as a result of a door tag that I hung 2 months ago.

2) Can I legally (I'm in PA) schedule an appointment for a general contractor to walk through the house with me to generate an SOW before I even own the property?  

I actually had an appointment today with a Credit Union and she said the will refinance up to 80% which totally took me by surprise.

I contacted a Bigger Pockets member that seemed interested in listing and then was a no show to the listing appointment last week.   

I called him to get keys we fixed an appointment for delivering keys which I did not reach in time and he left with out giving me keys when I called him he said go to talk to the real estate agent and agent says go to the seller so today I went to see the house found a notice of Gas Interuption in the mail box from National Grid(stated that they have not been able to identify a responsible party at this location if they will not hear immediately from a responsible party at this location the gas service will be interrupted) It look like the house is vacate but not delivered keys yet and no phone replies from the seller shall I change the locks with out keys?

To get around the days I work I am just honest with the people and it would be as if you were a full time realtor and had a day full of listing appointments.

You never know when a simple new connection can turn into a business partnership, a friendship, or even just a regular coffee appointment for brainstorming and talking about the local market.I just met a newbie investor for coffee last week here in Raleigh.

Prospecting FSBO and Expired listings are good part of the business, FSBO can be approached knocking doors, or just calling them and scheduling appointments to check the house for potential buyers.

I have an over the phone appointment set up to speak with a realtor but what kind of questions do I ask them?

Appointment?