What would be the best way to tell the prospective tenant that I don't want to schedule a showing?

This will help us achieve our goals faster in the we can build both long term security and wealth and do more short term transactional work to help me transition from my day job down the road and become a developer.

Hello all,I am working on remodeling my first investment, and I need to have the old, thirty-year old carpets ripped up and replaced with laminate / vinyl to look like wood for the living room, dining room and kitchen, and the three bedrooms to have new carpeting.The house in question is ~1,500 square feet, but I have gotten some extremely high estimates for the job and am wondering if I'm either misunderstanding something or not approaching this job correctly. 

My sister and her husband will be moving to Austin for his job next year, and thanks to my constant chatter about BiggerPockets and real estate investing, they're interested in house hacking by buying a small multi-family and renting out the other unit(s) to cover their living expenses.They aren't on BP, so I'd like to help connect them with a few competent, investor-friendly real estate agents in Austin who have some multi-family experience.

In my current role at my 9-5 job, I can't hold an active license but this will be good info for me to keep in the back of my mind for down the road.

@Andy W.Great job, looks like a good situation to be in.

So, I had to go find a job and real estate investing was the only one that would have me after such a shameful rejection of my assertion. 

Ideally I am looking for something that he can stay in while he's there and do any work that needs to be done and keep it as a rental when he goes on to the next job.

I actually scheduled to attend an REI next week in my area,  so that's great you gave me that info!

Live in Boiling Springs now, but I work in a sales job that covers Charlotte and Boone as well.