Homeowners in distress are naturally afraid of entities.

My wife is an interior designer (commercial, licensed) and father in law owns his own HVAC company... so real estate seems like a natural fit for my family network.

And again if your budget is not capable of producing this consistently I dont recommend this method.

The data in CoStar is incredible and its much easier to find properties and contact owners with off market offers.You also might be better off swapping your current holdings for a building or selling them in a portfolio sale to 1031 them into a higher income producing property.  

Ok, looking for insight on my plan to get some income going:I refinance primary home and get a heloc as 1st lien at $192,000(value at $240,000), at 2.74℅ for 1st 12 months then 4.75℅ for the next 9 years of draw perio...

I am a risk taker by nature, but this seems extremely risky, borrowing money to borrow money (HML).

Naturally this makes the cost of Lubbock real estate lower, which in turn makes the rents relatively low compared to some other markets.

Now the beauty of it is this – while naturally he still needs to spend time doing showings, meeting with clients, etc. outside of those tasks he is able to get his “grunt” work done here at work.

I have reworked my numbers and found how to produce greater cash flow at the same property, vice appreciation (thank you!).

Yes, BP is likely advertising but unless you are posting listings or soliciting business in the Marketplace the "Department's rules on advertising" specifically provide an exemption for communications which do not relate to specific property.With respect to implied agency -- since you see "possible agency being created every day" on the BP forums, please produce a single communication example that could even arguably result in a fiduciary relationship being established.