One of the project neighbors slowed the project by 6 months by appealing the staff decision through design review, planning and zoning and city council.

Quote from @Kevin Rodriguez: @Patricia Andriolo-BullTry starting your own business with a website and domain name as well as Google or Yelp review page, this may help legitimize your situation ,then have people on here write you some reviews to help generate authenticity.

., missing property taxes or HOA fees), unreliable rent estimates, and the time-consuming process of manually calculating metrics like cash flow or ROI.Platform Preference: A web-based platform would work well for in-depth analysis, but a mobile app would be crucial for on-the-go research and quick evaluations, especially when touring properties.Wish-List Features: A tool that integrates local market data (rental demand, appreciation rates, or vacancy rates) and offers scenario modeling (e.g., "What happens if I increase rents by 10%?")

The PM group I'm using do great work, per reviews.

A friend advised me to check reviews online and look for someone local with experience in single-family homes.

Mount Airy in particular is probably the most difficult neighborhood in Philadelphia to learn and there's no way you can do so from a computer reviewing rental rates and crime assessments. 

Are there any references or reviews you can check?

Check on these jobs somehow.5) Google builder and company names with "feeback" or "review" to see what you may find.It's not really easy to do all this.

Not just location, but different states can have different (sometimes weird) rules like here in Texas where you need a manual third party "attorney review' on every loan doc set - adds about $100 to each doc cost that doesn't apply in most states

I don't have any pending legal issues at the moment, but I've been thinking I should find a lawyer that I can go to for questions, to review documents, leases, etc so that I can have confidence that I'm not making any silly mistakes that will get me into trouble later on.