On the sales call, the sales person pressures my husband to buy the program without talking to me. 

If you don't want to go to the expense of a security system, they have fake cameras with flashing lights that you can mount around entrances.

Heard a lot about Huntersville, Mathews, Mount Holly etc but have no ground level understanding So far I am relying on Zillow, Redfin only to find properties so also wanted to check what are other reliable local / online MLS sources to look for prospective properties.

That will take the pressure off, and you can finish paying off the loan at your leisure.If you want to be landlords, and if you think the property will appreciate, and if you have the reserves to try, you could try renting it out for the rent that you need. 

You have to apply pressure when necessary to keep the ball rolling.

i have a basement where i used cassette mini split which throws air in all 4 directions as its a long 20ftX40ft space. in the other adjacent room i placed a wall mounted split. both of them have one condenser unit outside with a heat pump. its easy to maintain but its double the cost of the typical HVAC unit. for me a typical 1.5 ton unit costs around 6k unit and duct and labor. but with the ceiling mounted 4 way and wall mounted one way Mitsubishi costed me around 12k.

As a wholesaler I often found myself feeling the pressure to offload contracts as fast as possible when I was first getting started.

I would expect vacancy rates to remain elevated for several quarters, which will keep pressure on rents and possibly lead to concessions by apartment owner/operators.

In fact, that pressure from HQ can help keep your guests in line. 

Or is it just a bullying tactic to try and pressure me into paying?