.- His lease is for himself and his adult son (a police officer), but for the last several months his adult daughter and her 5 year old child have been living in the home, and will continue to indefinitely

In some U.S. states, namely California, New York, Oregon, and Nevada, LLPs can only be formed for such professional uses.[16]  Formation of an LLP typically requires filing certificates with the county and state offices.

So many times I would tour a home with a client at 8:30am, go to the office and do some prospecting, meet with my team over lunch, research new listings and follow up on phone calls all afternoon, then go home only to have the phone ring during dinner because an offer was coming in at 8:00pm, so race back to the office or property and negotiate a deal, which may or may not close!

How do you handle the calls from the office?

I'd be happy to chat with you folks about lending stuff, but my zone is only 1-4 unit residential.I generally connect pretty damn well with silicon valley tech wizards, and early on at least that is of course going to be a demographic disproportionately over-represented among your clients (former co-workers at other tech startups etc).

Looking for contractors at Home Depot is a ridiculous notion, you might get the workers picking up materials or beer and cigarette guy.    

I have a good credit score.2.As a student I do not have a steady job yet (student worker position on campus does not count) therefore I have no steady stream of income.

Okay, I am new to REI and am writing this post while out of the office.

As long as you don't buy a clunker, you should be fine selling within a reasonably amount of time (assuming the market is not completely out of whack).If you have your own business, you can write off a portion of your home ownership costs if you have a home office (and some mortgage interest too).

Currently own and operate a 50 acre Mobile home park, lease a 10 acre parcel to a condo development and have a 30k sqft 60 tenant office complex.I am involved in all parts of the business.