"No one knows what we all know together" I also have access to all types of investment properties of all kinds.

The option may include terms that before the option is actually granted the option price of a stated amount must be paid, say 1% of the purchase price applied to the price.All you're doing is getting an opportunity to take an option over 60 days, on day 30 if I'm going to actually take the option I pay a reasonable price that gives a defensible equity interest, not an equitable interest amounting to ten bucks.The agreement can give me access to a property.

Very close to interstate, less than 500 ft from bus access, and near one of the busiest streets and intersections.

No, you are not searching the MLS when you use realtor.com, Zillow, Redfin or any publicly accessible website with listings on it.

My mother is actually a realtor for Austin and my father is a loan officer, but they don't have licenses or access to the lists in Houston.

Why not just wholesale it and let someone with the capital or access to the capital deal with it??

They leverage economies of scale and relationships built over time that you have no access to at this point.There are arguments to be made on both sides, particularly in the first couple of flips and if you have no construction background. 

This would be used to facilitate any investments that I may be interested in and allow me better access to the marketplace.

You may what to find someone with money or has access to funds that's willing to do a Joint Venture with you.  

It will be OK ... you can ask them to deliver a couple of tin-foil hats along with the meter.Most of these meters communicate over hydro lines themselves, there are a few which have wireless communications capabilities (usually with less electromagnetic output than your home WiFi access point).