Although your assignments will most likely be separate from your broker and your real estate affiliation, its required to be very forthcoming with your license status when talking with potential sellers even if you're not fully acting in your capacity as a real estate agent. 

So the way I explain it is if you came over you do exactly what you are doing now, in addition to commission, you will earn stocks, can buy shares at a discount from commission check, and you have the potential to earn back your cap in stock if you reach ICON status. 

What I find funny/frustrating/fascinating is that there is clearly a great deal of agreement between all the experienced investors (like @Jonathan Twombly, and @Ben Leybovich and @Jay Hinrichs) about most of the data points as well as the overall status of the market - short term and long term.

Is it best to get the inspector in first to give a general snapshot of what needs to be done and the status of the home systems?

We aren’t “normal” and far from status quo.

I use craigslist, Facebook rentals, and Zillow/hotpads for mine.

As for your question, you may be able to find some investor networks on facebook and linkedin to connect with prior to the move.

As for the furnishing, my father and I have been dominating Facebook Marketplace.

Moving into the online marketing arena and currently am testing out Facebook marketing.

I think if you created a professional looking facebook page for your business and used it to reach out to people whose homes you were interested in buying it could be considered less invasive than a phone call.