I am searching for help or advice on getting started and building this thing from the ground up.

I'm still searching for another way of learning without being taken to the bank.

You can also check meetup.com or search Facebook for real estate investment groups, clubs, or meetings in your area. 

I've used propstream, but I would like to find something that is just a pay per list, not monthly fee.Second, are there any tools that allow you to search for individuals that have owned multiple properties over a given period of time? 

I would have to search my 220+ lenders to see if any do a ".75 Ratio" or "No Ratio" loan with only 15% down.

As it's me to me, I wouldn't need title search and title insurance and such.

Adam has the simplest answer.You can buy the parts yourself, watch a YouTube video, and replace them yourself.Go to Google and search for "appliance parts" and find many companies selling the parts.

I would search for another small credit union or bank that goes up to 100% HELOCS and try the process with them.

So I would start by asking myself how long is left on her lease, how much I want to keep her or how happy I am to end this lease term and search for a new tenant. 

I searched for the most RECENTLY SOLD COMP within the SAME SUBDIVISION.