But overall, you should be able to put security cameras on the exterior of the building and common areas (hallways, parking garages, etc.) as long as you properly disclose to your tenants that there are cameras there and you are not invading on tenant privacy.Also note, you'll still need some type of internet connection so you can monitor remotely. 

Fiber optics internet cable. 

The fact that the video of the "lady" is the only video I can find on the internet and it is as ambiguous as it can be, makes me believe there is some sort of gag clause in their contract so you can't be honest about your experience with them.

Narrow your focus, stop buying properties, and figure out what you actually know really well rather than letting FOMO, spreadsheet calculations on faulty pro formas, and advice of strangers on the internet influence your investment decisions. 

And funny enough, in many states, the lowest income earners have also kept pace after allocating in the off-set's they receive via the countless things one get's be it the "tax bonus" each year, the off-set's on health care, groceries, cell phones, internet and cable plans, on and on and on. 

The internet is flooded with REI folks and gurus, but you have a different angle being so young, so you may be able to crave out a nice niche.

I've partnered with several contractors over the years (before I got my own license) and it is very normal for the contractor to be paid for materials and labor, even if they are doing the build "at cost"It's complicated and as other have stated, you've gotten yourself in too big of a mess to be sorted out by some people on an internet forum. 

I searched the internet for 280A regulations, but i couldn't find anything.  

There should be an AI agent in a form of a chatbot that has access to the internet and the realtors listings, so it can answer the users inquiries and also extract the user's contract data, so the agent can close them later on.I have spoken with realtors and investors about using an AI agent and they are either scared that AI will take their jobs or are afraid that it might say something foolish.

I don't have a good internet-searchable source for you, but I've talked to some of the property managers and acquisition managers for the bigger institutional buyers around Huntsville, AL.