As a landlord with several dozen properties, does anyone utilize publicly traded SFR property rental businesses such as American Homes 4 Rent, Starwood Waywood Residential Trust, Blackstone's Invitation Homes, etc to help gauge comparisons between what us small fish do versus these large landlords?  

You can screen calls, and you can add numerous numbers to your google voice number, and only give out your google voice number to the tenants so they never have your personal number. 

Also if owning property there are numerous little things that need to be purchased that going through normal channels is at the very least awkward.

Dear Rob,  The first step was to send him the invite to the credit check.  

There have been numerous blog articles on setting goals over the years and performing a simple search on "setting goals" will give you a ton of info to get you started.  

I am looking into getting a license but don't want to delay the next two properties I hope to close this year.You would think with the public threads like this one that show up every couple of months that numerous realtors would be posting that they are investor friendly.

Don't invite a potential nightmare into your life.

@Guy Gimenez  I will definitely be in your meetup group  thanks for inviting me.  

@Joe Fairless I'd love to join you guys for meet up if I'm invited.

Why mess around with your none binding LOI if they are getting numerous other offers on state approved contract forms?