I don't know of any insurance company that will compensate you for a bad tenant.Contact the tenant with an itemized list of charges and demand payment in full within 30 days or that they submit a payment plan with the entire amount paid off in 6 - 12 months.

I've looked into this online but the city won't notate what's needed until an take-in sheet is submitted which requires a bit of work that I'll have to hire out for. 

With that, more receipts than I can keep up with paying and ensuring everything goes against the right GL and hasn’t been missed.Does anyone know of any software or app out there I can use for my maintenance crews to submit their invoices/receipts that will automate this more for us?

Did you submit your offer yet ?

As soon as my offer was submitted with seconds left, the auction was extended automatically, and I would be informed later that I had been outbid.

Got everything submitted, on-line account established and thought everything was in order. 

However, I'm not sure if the seller's submitted contract will allow me to do so, although there is nothing within the body of the contract itself that mentions anything binding me from doing so and my seller is absolutely fine with the idea of me assigning my interest elsewhere.

But, he's saying that since he's offshore, I can't view the property until the security deposit is submitted to Homeaway in which he will then fly out to do the walk-through or send the keys via FedEx.

The listing agent said that the accepted offer had until the next day(yesterday) to submit earnest money or the property would be re-listed.

You are going to have to have a pre-approval letter to submit an offer, and you want to narrow your search for what you can afford.This is my favorite way to get started in investing!