They are public meetings, anyway.

So long as you are not out there harming the public and the brokers brand most brokers will be happy to take a cut of the 6 or so deals you do every year and call it a day.

If your looking to do the work on your own, check public records and city hall.

Publication 523, Selling Your Home, provides rules and worksheets.

Trust details are not public, great for privacy, and done properly, make it difficult for those wanting to sue you, or for that matter, for them to even know that you have assets worth coming after

For months I have been educating myself about real estate and home ownership by reading several publications, attending seminars and taking a real estate course so I may sit for my PA Real Estate Salesperson license.

I am a 35 yr old public school music teacher.  

HOA pools are not normally exactly private or public pools. 

Getting your municipality's public works department (or whoever manages your town's roads) involved could get something rolling with the water department.

I also think Public schools would be a great place for those systems.