I am currently working with investors in the Slidell and New Orleans area and would love to share any leads I pick up with you.

For business lines that do require one, it doesn't show up on your personal credit reports (unless you default) which is a huge benefit due to utilization. 

Some have separately metered utilities, while others have allocated utilities. 

Not sure how large your budget is, but it could be worth picking 5-10 competitors each with their own ad group and trying this out with a $100/mo budget to see what kind of results you generate.

You just have to assume you'll go out to some field and pick your part. 

I plan to use the profits and the knowledge of my local market from the process and utilize them to start flipping houses and invest in more rental properties. 

As an example, a house that requires $50K in structural work to be inhabitable might be so difficult for other buyers to purchase that a smart investor can pick up that property for much, much less than $50K below market value (and keep the spread as profit).Now, you might wonder why a homeowner (or another investor) wouldn't come in and pay closer to market value, spend $50K on structural repairs and then have some equity in the house.

If it's just a matter of encapsulating what is there, and all the contractor is going to do is peel and stick a product on top of it, I would definitely prefer to do that myself and pick my own version of the wood product.  

Ok, that sounds great and we would definitely cover that requirement as we would plan to utilize the property personally likely around 4-6 weeks/year. 

I mean you can pick up labor all on your own and contractors are a dime a dozen.