By the way, if you charge a lot on you card ( say 30%+ of available credit) and pay the amount in full each month, your score might still be negatively impacted.

The bank loaned ya good money, and if inflation takes a run, you still only owe the bank what was loaned, but you are essentially returning a  bad dollar.

My question is this, When  I call her to get more info on what exactly it is that she is looking for, what questions are essential to ask her to better assist her in finding the right property?

At the end, they way I see, when ever market goes down in next 5-7 years Austin will not be impacted as much.

I would like to know what impactful advice/lessons you have discovered that still guides you to this day in Real Estate and in life?

Without understanding those two items, finding buyers and sellers as well as understanding the mechanics of the deal are essentially useless.

Sounds like they'll be providing bids with essentially zero opportunity of ever getting the work (or getting paid).I know you probably think you'll pass the bids on to your end-buyer so your end-buyer may use the contractor, but in reality, serious end-buyers will have their own contractors and will generate their own repair estimates.

As a homeowner I have gotten letters from the town essentially saying we noticed a hole in your yard - you are not doing anything we didn't permit..  

(Possibly these last three might be different versions of essentially the same thing)

It's essentially a pretty hefty text book, with about 25 chapters that you'll jump around through based on the curriculum they tell you to follow.