Harrison, My firm regularly deals with variances and local municipalities to assist clients in obtaining variances.

Our firm has done more than 150 deals this year already. 

We go into this using the buy and hold strategy so I'm perfectly fine with my capital being locked in for the long haul.  

I am trying to get my str accounting streamlined and they seem to have a robust platform but my experience with 3rd-party remote accounting firms was shaky in the past.

@Adam TaylorI would check Berkadia, Colliers, Marcus and Millichap, Cishman Wakefield, IRR, Bisnow, Multihousing News.All the big brokerage firms have data that they offer to their clients.

I'm just trying to get a ballpark idea of how firm the seller is with their asking price.

If that's more your comfort zone, it's good to stay firm.

My firm also manages properties for our clients and although its a small portion of our business, its a great way for us to stay involved with clients to better understand & anticipate their needs. 

The bad experiences are painful but pretty much all real estate investors that make it over the long haul go through them all so good to knock them out early!

I'm sure every other state has specific procedures that would need to be checked with in advance with the firm calling out the properties.