My questions are that if you were a property owner, would this somewhat different way of conducting business perturb you from allowing me to manage your property?

Feel him out, you may be able to get an extension on that 20 days.

The problem is finding a RE agent who's willing to give opinion on matters that he/she have extensive knowledge and no alterior motive i.e. commission.Something about the "beneath" them sentence is disturbing me.

It turned out that the CPA did not file the extension request to file the 2010 taxes.

Is that right, do you guys with extensive experience find this to be true?

I've studied the SAFE Act extensively, and I've not seen that interpretation.

Definitely research the topic extensively before you just jump in and start doing it.

Why would I want to do this vs opening it where I will be conducting business?

I bought a small REO for cash that will need fairly extensive work.

Hard to say, econo job 25 to 30 bucks a foot, moderate 40/50, extensive with mid range amenities, maybe 50/75, upper end, 75/100 and luxury 150+.