My photo of a bright red house makes me stand out from the crowd among a sea of turquoise.

That would most likely be the person best equipped to help you sort through the red tape.  

Lastly, if you use the 50% rule, you're in the red each month.

What's the red Flag that tells you he is not motivated?

You all rock!

@Daniel Coleman One way to avoid someone posting your plans on the web as well as making it clear that they are looking at a bid set is to apply a big transparent red watermark saying "NOT FOR CONSTRUCTION" on them, a program like bluebeam makes adding something like this to every sheet a quick task.

Although I'm new to the investing world I have just about 2 decades of contracting experience.After reading all of this, your realtors behavior and actions is what is most concerning and threw up numerous red flags.

Last week I stopped by a property to drop late notices and talked to my usual 6 year old, rock throwing, trampoline jumping, terror of a kid. 

It isn't a rock solid rule, but it certain helps you filter through properties quickly instead of burning many many minutes analyzing a property for a rental.

Betting you have of at one time had solar power and that's the electric circuits that switch the utility and solar power on and off to the home.Be REALLY careful those wires that are loose on the top right (the one with red tape) are the size of the wires that come from the utilities side of the pole.