And I definitely don't have the money to hire out my marketing tasks to a virtual assistant.  

Has anybody dealt with this machine on the right before?

You are right about what you said...i am virtually in the dark right now so advice is certainly needed. sending PM now. 

Essentially, find folks in the 3d world like those in the virtual world (e.g.

I started in the business still using carbon paper.. then NCR  then fax machines.. took me a few years to figure out how to scan.. once I learned that well I have not used a fax in 5 years.. we have one of course but its never used.. now with docusign and the like.. its heavenI even have a few of my closing companies using it for everything except the deeds or in the rare event we have debt  mortgage or trust deeds... and of course original notes must be wet signed.

I am thinking about expanding my Real Estate Virtual Assistant business to include Property Management. 

I can call and ask for a pre approval letter to help get offers submitted at any time of day for any amount (w/in reason and I would obviously qualify for). a mortgage broker is great if you don't know a lot of the lingo or are just starting out but they usually will cost a bit more. big banks are big banks. just a machine but if you are dealing w/ the right person im sure you will be fine. good luck

I think it's against the rules and I don't want to get slapped on the virtual-wrist.  

you see many developments were there is a hold out in the middle of it.. and now the hold outs property is virtually worthless because it no longer is functional there are a lot of things to take into consideration when doing a development and many times they simply never happen.. if this one never happened then what.what could you do with the money today even if its a little less than a neighbor sold for.. that's be some what pound foolish ....

I don't have the funds to fully automate with a direct mail service and virtual assistant just yet, but yes I've got my tracking spreadsheets, scripts, and analysis worksheets all ready to go!