Would it be considered acceptable or ridiculous to ask an accredited and very active RE investor who is interested in a deal you are looking at (whom you hope to develop a positive relationship with and or/ partner or invest with you) to sign a non-circumvention agreement, prior to them seeing the deal AND prior to having the deal in question under contract? 

If using a lender this is a non issue.

No public input was allowed but we got to hear different council members opinions on the fate of STR's in the city. 

I want feedback on this idea or how others have handled adding value through doing their own work or if I am better off just finding non-contracting work and leaving it to professionals more. 

Read a lot to start off start with non- real estate books like rich dad poor dad and the richest man in Babylon so you could understand the principles.

I am also a Notary Public.

I've done several buy/sell with owner financing, but never with a non US seller/owner. 

Assume you'll hear that the house is worth it when it isn't, tenants are good, management will handle everything, it will be easy for you, vacancy and non-payment will not be much of an issue, repairs won't cost that much.Some will be honest, some won't. 

Any experts out there with some insights on non-conforming, grandfathered, weird properties...that might not have similar comps, hence making it harder to find a loan, etc?

Does each one get any public transportation and bus stop locations.