1) yes
2) yes
3) yesm
4) You can start a Hero TF, run them, and even get the badges for them.
"Null is as much an argument "for removing the cottage rule" as the moon being round is for buying tennis shoes." -Memphis Bill
Thanks!
- @DSorrow - alts on Union and Freedom mostly -
Currently playing as Castigation on Freedom
My Katana/Inv Guide
Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either. -Einstein
Might be easier to consider this question from the other way around.
The only things you can't do as a Rogue that you can do as a Villain is:
1) Have the villain alignment power Frenzy.
2) Have the ability to enter The Crucible to do anything related to villain alignment merits.
Everything else redside related is exactly like being villain as far as I know. 
Loth 50 Fire/Rad Controller [1392 Badges] [300 non-AE Souvenirs]
Ryver 50 Ele� Blaster [1392 Badges]
Silandra 50 Peacebringer [1138 Badges] [No Redside Badges]
--{=====> Virtue ♀
You can also run police scanner missions blueside, but you won't get any actual contacts until you turn hero
Could someone confirm or correct these?
If I move my villain to rogue status he can:
- @DSorrow - alts on Union and Freedom mostly -
Currently playing as Castigation on Freedom
My Katana/Inv Guide
Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either. -Einstein