My name is Paul and I'm the Director of Marketing for Oakwood Management Company, the largest PM in Central Ohio and Columbus with 12K+ residential units under management. 

Also, gauging whether or not you align with the ethics and culture of the company is crucial considering those are the people you are going to be spending the vast majority of your time with.

IE: get signed purchase agreement, contact title company, pay-off tax lien, secure title and then close with cashier check at the title company?

I co-own a short-term property management company.

Because he is a W2 employee and, I assume, he is not one of the company owners.

The HEI/HEA is not feasible because of the percentages most companies are wanting to take (some are over 50% of the appreciation from the date of the HEA).The biggest question is that we'd be losing our 2.875% rate, which will be paid off in 15 yrs.

Our Company has been buying notes for well over a decade.  

I am searching for the old calculator as well. 

Usually insurance companies only cover loss if the property is uninhabitable.

IF however you want to generate leads or traffic to the website, SEO(search engine optimization) becomes quite important.