I want to stop taking money out of my own bank account and put it into the business (that's not the most efficient way to do it).

I may need to be doing more volume now, need to be more efficient and productive plus I simply like having an excuse for buying new equipment.  :-)

In the end, after spending time, energy, a few hundred or more it might not come to anything. 

They are energy efficient and again, you don't need to heat or cool the whole house.I have been looking at them for awhile now to put into a fourplex I own downtown and we use them in our offices where I work.There are always discounts and show specials if you check out the home shows either at Cal Expo or the convention center. 

If you do not have a lot of money to invest in marketing, find cost efficient ways to get your first deal such as driving for dollars, attending free meet up events, and informing everybody that you come in contact with that you invest in real estate.

You want your design to be the most cost efficient as possible. 

Love your energy.

There is the same challenge if you were 3 or 4 hrs (Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Hampton Roads or any other multitude of locations) the investment of time and energy is extensive to get to a remote location, even geographically close like Richmond because of our traffic, regularly.  

It's not necessary to have them all sign the same copy of the signature page of the sales agreement, you could send a copy of the page to each and have them sign it - along with a witness - and send/facsimile it back to you.Naturally, you should seek advice from your attorney in this matter on which avenue would be the easiest, most cost efficient and expedient. 

If you happen to live in an area (or are comfortable travelling to an area) where it is efficient (I'm arbitrarily saying efficient is that for every 100 properties you view, you make 10 offers, of which, 1 is accepted), the the rest of this point is moot since that is fairly easy to scale up (as in a small team can probably view 1000 properties annually while the wealth is compounding).