The senior loan officer wouldn't normally be listed on the articles of incorporation unless he was an "owner" or manager of the limited liability company.  

If you plan to build a business in Florida, you may want to incorporate an entity in the U.S.A. and retain all your earnings in-country.  

If you start taking action in the real world, physically getting out to networking events, actually crunching numbers as if you are buying an investment, then your will make progress.It take physical action, away from the internet, to make real things happen in the real world.I really hope that helps - sounds like your in a cycle of analysis and education.

Im not looking to stay in corporate America forever though.

A daily planner like any other, but one that is aimed at incorporating your short and long term goals in very concrete ways.

I don't have time to find every lead from driving alone (though I have also been incorporating this), so I want to mail volume.

Have you physically seen the property yourself yet?

A lot of your questions can be appropriately answered by a local Real Estate attorney who regularly handles incorporation matters.

If you can uncover that reason and incorporate it into your offer, you're showing them far more value than just your offer price.

All said - Most lenders prefer replacement reserve greater than $500 and usually rely on an physical needs assessment to determine cost over a 5,10, or 15 year period.