The CAN-SPAM Act makes it illegal for businesses to send unwanted text messages to cell phone numbers and requires that any commercial message be easily identifiable by the receiver as an advertisement.

I would move away from cold calling which is a fine way to get leads but it should be just one of the lead channels not the only one, as it’s not easily scalable and I would try to generate incoming leads with SEO or by converting some of those leads to listings and generating referrals from those, so that your business can grow and start to run itself without having to basically become a call center (unless you want to run a call center business).

Each asset is a “class” in QuickBooks so you can easily run a balance sheet, P&I and other financial statements by either the LLC or the asset.

Things will pop up and you are going to need transport on short notice some times so get a plan that can easily implement each time you want to look at a property.

I like Wix.com you get a whole bunch of back end tools to easily make forms and the like.

Any increase in the numbers that work out of the house will still be at the permission of the employer...and the employer will still want to have the employee capable of face to face.Also, what you describe could just as easily increase the number of urban tenants for the very same reasons you're thinking the opposite. 

If values fall, your bank can easily call your note and you'll be unable to refinance without a cash infusion.

What are the easily rentable areas and I hope to flip them after holding for sometime for cash flow if needed.What are the expected return on investment on typical rent for 2 bed apartment?

Don't accept anything from them, some people can easily produce fake tax returns.

The retail space is ugly but the lay out is good and it could easily be setup with 4 offices with a nice waiting room.