Absolutely fair points and fair assessment of both Nimby's and Yimby's typically based on how they will be PERSONALLY affected. 

Drop him a line - He loves helping investors!

Typically $300-500 it's a drop in the bucket, can save your buyer money, gives you confidence in your pricing and eliminates one stress of pending buyer financing. 

Does anyone have good experience with cold callers and where they're based out of?

My realtor commissions get paid to my LLC which is an S-Corp so I pay myself a salary based on the total of the realtor fees and other flips I do throughout the year.

As soon as this came to light, they dropped the fee to $50 and I think the lawsuit was dropped or was settled.

Based on my experience with hoarders - Leave it alone.Unless they are causing damage you really don't want to spend your energy chasing that.

If you follow the growth of the tax base, the infrastructure of the city has gotten much better.

The mechanics of the deal are not too complicated, although as others have noted you can't advertise the property and then exclude people based on protected class including gender and family status....at least not legally. 

Lvp is a very easy diy install...another reason for fan base.