@Jim Wilcox I' don't think that you should spend a lot of time wondering what people think of you or where and how you conduct your business.

If you are not familiar with the business you are about to embark upon what makes you think you can draft an appropriate partnership agreement to govern the conduct of the business and the dissolution of the business if it does not succeed?

@Kim Vedros It may be that Auction.com is conducting the sale of that particular home, which will still be carried out in person at the time/location designated by your county, and then the county may have a list of what will be auctioned at that time/location.

I always set a filter, when I am conducting my search, to have low HOA's.

Lots of paper and an inspection must be conducted.  

It appears that the treehouse architect is well known from his Greenpeace work and also conducts tours with every person or group who stays there.  

We live east of Colorado Springs on the plains and basically call The Springs home as we conduct all aspects of life there.  

As with any profession there will be individuals that conduct business in an ethical and professional manner and there are those that do not.

I do not use them for screening since they do not conduct the crucial previous landlord references (# NSF, # late fees, property condition, etc.).

I think if you are an S-Corp or LLC you can pay yourself as an individual outside of that entity or pay the entity as the one who conducted the work (especially if you are the only owner), if Sole Proprietor just make sure you keep detailed records.