The professional will plan, execute, and track a campaign to generate weekly leads to be provided to our broker.The position will require approx 3-7 hour per week. 

Down the road when I'm more comfortable I can see myself going out of state, but I don't think I want to for my first experience.If I'm totally honest, I'm probably too risk-averse to make my first property(ies) outside of comfortable driving distance (max 3-4 hours), leading me to look in places like the high desert (Joshua Tree, Yucca Valley, etc) or mountain destinations like Lake Arrowhead/Big Bear. 

Sure Contractors *can* do estimates/walkthroughs, but if they don't think its going to lead to business why would they?  

Not a big national bank such as Chase, B of A, Wells Fargo, etc.Using a HELOC to fund the down payment may mess up your debt to income.

You can easily spend a couple Grand just on permit fees at least in my state lol and not pulling any permits can lead to huge fines.

Honestly you can beat your current return in all cash without debt.

Sweat equity has made all the difference for me to save dollars and reinvest that difference into the next property or pay down debt. 

There were always a couple cars with for sale signs in the bank parking lot.But no, if you refinance it would erase the debt of the first loan including any collateral unless you refinanced at the same bank and they required you keep the vehicles as collateral.

Applicant 2 Woman and 3 year old ,  loves the apartment,  period details etc,  two days later says she doesn't want to be in a building with lead (ok by why are you looking at something built in the 1800s?)

These investors think they're magically going to raise and lead an army of compliant and reliable contractors to certain victory and Y-U-G-E profits.