As far as parking on my property, I was thinking of getting a towing company involved.   

Thank you for your reply that gives me a lot of food for thought!

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.

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.

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

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

Depending on your amount you may want to consider a debt fund too as its less work and your money is deployed/paying you interest so you do not have to keep finding deal after deal. just some food for thought

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. :)