We have cut ties with the contractor we were using as they decided to avoid phone calls with us following the tear down.   

You should call the Board for Professional Engineers and ask them about it.

Professional cleaning services?

Hello,I wanted to get some input on our idea for a mission statement:We are committed to buying, rehabilitating, and selling single family homes in the Huntsville, AL area with integrity and professionalism.

No appraisal required even at 80% LTV - I confirmed with them yesterday over the phone and made sure they knew it was a rental property.

Get out the phone book and call every little bank in your town till you find the right one willing to do business with reasonable conditions and terms .

In any event, the real answer --- as you know --- is to talk to a CPA or other qualified tax professionals. 

@Josh StackI would just mail them a very professional looking letter letting them know you are interested in purchasing their portfolio.

Be prepared to not get paid much for a couple months while you get things going, and then be prepared for the market to change and give you a dry spell.Some common expectations with having a RE license is that you'll work in a professional industry full of professional people that treat this like a business and treat colleagues as such; However that's not really how it goes.  

This property we were targeting a couple, retiree, single business professional.