Its important to note that the rent from the 3 units is added to your income to qualify (less advantageous calc method)  and is not used to offset the mortgage (more advantageous calculation).Also you have two current loans outstanding VA loans that have 67% of your 667k limit tied up.

Research the BRRR method as much as you can and build that wealth portfolio. 

Do you structure the lease option as an aggressive buy down of the principal so that by the end of the 5 years there is appreciation through principal reduction?

They want to work with people who have the funds and not potential flakes who are trying some way off the wall transaction and structure that has an extremely tiny chance of every happening.If a broker/agent runs an efficient business model of transaction after transaction then that type of buyer working on a long shot is not their ideal client.

I would make an additional suggestion that, if REI is your interest and passion, and becoming an agent is just one method to get you closer to that, why do you need to be an agent?

So when you cash refi within the entity, you will have enough basis because of your refi loan to distribute the cash out of the entity without triggering tax if structured properly. 

I’ve heard about various methods like “Ghosting” and staking out auctions, but I’m wondering if there is some program I can purchase or company I can hire to generate these buyers list for me?

My question is this: How do you structure a partnership?

So if you're wanting to sell data, you would need to know; what your customers want, if you can gather the data they want, if you can try to automate it, and find a pricing structure that works. 

You're wrong.Properties aren't listed in some arbitrary method.