But I received many lovely holiday gifts from residents while managing a 120 unit complex that was OH so special.We did a resident appreciation HOT Dog / Ice cream social in the summer by the pool area, along with national night out, so everyone enjoyed that.

Also, this is just an observation, most agents seem to enjoy telling everyone they are an agent, socializing with agents, networking, and all that crap rather than doing work.

Plus it would enable my parents to sign off their property to me so that way they can collect more money through me, all the while collecting social security. 

It seems any that I find are around Mission Valley, Del Mar, La Jolla, or further up in Escondido and Oceanside.

There is Marketing campaign automation, lead processing automation, social media posting automation etc so many different parts of the business that can be automated, but there are those - that can't.And before you hire anyone to help you "automate" you need a very clear processes and standard procedures of your business in place.

You can also go to ancestry.com - I think they still give free 14-day trial memberships - and see, if he's mentioned in the social security death index. 

Put together mission  statement boards to remind you what you should be doing.  

Source your own deals...mission accomplished

I am social worker by trade but I realized early on that this profession wouldn't give me financial independence.

Gathered up data on who they were friends with and gave you an idea of what kind of social circles they associated with?