If just the property owner, then there are ways on you tube to limit public views.

Biggest hassel here is the public health dept. and inspections, they want to knwo where you'll be at all times so they can come and inspect at any time.Depends on what you'll be serving, I ran a hot dog chili dog thing for a non-profit at a loacl fair.

For the most part, agents would you say the show is an accurate perception of the life of a licensed agent?

When you have a network of mentors and experienced advisers to double check investment decisions then your fear can be pushed to the side.It is strange though that the American public has very little fear of maxing out their credit cards on flat screen plasma TVs and buying gas guzzling automobiles but has such fear of real estate.

If they have listed the home for sale, that creates public domain of some of that knowledge and you could use that.

Now since my ex-employer is not a publicly traded company, I would need to sell these stocks back to them. 

I've looked in public records and other sources and haven't gotten a solid answer to help me sleep at night.

I live in a designated "Drug trafficking corridor" and the only people that get busted are the super grows on public land, the folks with other warrants, and those doing something stupid/annoying enough to get their neighbor to blow them in, such as stealing the last drops of water from a salmon bearing stream at the height of summer.

It really boils down to how much time and energy you want to put into something and if you want to sell to the public. 

I'd check public records and confirm the person you're talking to is the owner.