Redfin has a great business model for the owner not the employee.

I think, however, that your strategy is more of a expert level strat, and not something I could do in the near future. 

Go to a couple of "Opens" houses for sale in the neighborhood and see what level of finish you are competing against.

I worked construction for 8 years before moving to CO and would eventually like to get in the business of flipping houses.

We have a great quality of life to median income levels, and weather.

Hi, I'm an investor located out of Colorado but I've identified Omaha, NE as a market I'd like to invest in.

Todays market with multiple offers can make a property inspection a minor concern even at the pre-offer level. 

Sure, you can spend days drawing lines that connect boxes on some Donald Trump level real estate empire org chart in an effort to gain anonymity and avoid liability, but, at the end of the day, what protects business owners is adequate insurance and acting intelligently."

Also you could try and find a fellow entrepreneur who would be really into sort of a co working space. 

.-3 floors, where top two floors are condo and the ground (street Level) is a commercial space.- Street side is the commercial.