I am a tech professional, but I also own a small Home Improvement company with my father who has been in the industry for 20ish years.

Or you can hire someone that has an agenda that charges you fees to restructure your problem into likely a new one.It's up  to you.

Quote from @Chris Seveney: @Jay Hinrichs100% agreeWhat we did was had a third-party company perform a track record verification report.

Multiple, billion dollar companies are investing substantial amounts of money into our area, such as Intel, Google, and Amazon.

I've only heard this recently in a book I read, and by a closing agent from a title company.

I currently work for a luxury building materials company and my commute is about an hour and a half each way every day.

How do go about making contacts at insurance companies or corporate relocation agencies?  

if you're looking at 1-4 unit properties, don't kill yourself trying to create an LLC just yet. find your lender first then see if they'll require you to close in an LLC or not. single-member LLCs do not provide as much legal protection as we would like to think, so if that's your reasoning for wanting to create one right off the bat, that's just something to consider. as far as a business license, AFTER you close on the property, call the town hall and ask if they want you to have one there bc you're collecting rent there. if you're using a PM company, they will probably say no. :)

You pay a flat rate (but there are often add-ons), you create the listing/wording and take great pictures, you send it to the company, they put it on MLS. 

Each city has is own ordinances from code and violations enforcement to yes Airbnb (short-term rental or not).Then you need the best management company is the blood of you business.