You not only get access to MLS data that is good for comps, it's a good income when you do marketing, you'll be able to list homes for customers or wholesale to them.

One thing to consider is having one deck; the first half or 2/3 dedicated to the current deal, and the back end dedicated to past deals/portfolio performance.

Especially for custom materials.It's also worth mentioning that as a former contractor I get different (and often, more advantageous) pricing than a person off the street. 

Your cheapest, though still not cheap relative to the product, solution is to have a carpenter create a custom transition. 

I've had many of our customers use this strategy to take their businesses to the next level, so it is definitely worth looking into.

they both have excellent educational materials but I like the realcrowd 101, 201, and 202 power points, they are ~15 pages and explain the basicshttps://www.realcrowd.com/learning-toolsI started investing in deals last Jan, I have no interest in any site except as a customer.  

I told him that was a nasty and customer unfriendly policy, and got off the phone pissed. 

What types of things do you think might be helpful/positive to say to them that as ongoing customers of mine that I might not have thought of?

Wholesaling isn't easy but if you really dedicate your time and effort to it, it is very much possible.

Those are dedicated 30-amp circuits and splicing anything into them is guaranteed to be against code, potentially a fire hazard, and will void your homeowner's insurance if there's a fire.