I understand that finding a home is only a small portion of a real estate agents role in the purchase of a house.

I understand the primer thing.

You can use those to better understand your state's default settings for an LLC.

I understand that in order to generate consistent results with a website I'll have to put solid effort for months until I start ranking higher.

Once you understand those, you can ask specific and pointed questions to banks and know when you are talking to someone with experience.

I have worked with several renters in the past in Manayunk and as an investor myself, understand the importance of finding quality tenants. 

However, given the current market (at least my amateur understanding of it) it seems that some MLS listings are difficult to make my numbers work unless I adjust my numbers slightly towards maybe 5% property management costs, with the assumption that I would be managing the property.So I'm curious what metrics other investors are using when analyzing a property.  

I have done direct mail but I haven't seen much return and I understand it will take a few attempts but I don't money at the moment.

I understand there could be more here that I'm not seeing, but no major fixes popped out at me.Thanks for the insight!

I would not recommend doing the design part yourself unless you are extremely familiar with current trends, picking materials, coordinating colors, understanding product specs, and building code for that matter.