Verifying last 2 years of rental history and income extremely important to find the “best of the worst”.Make sure you understand the Class of properties you are looking at and the corresponding results to expect.

You don't need to know everything to get started; you need a foundation to build on, and the rest will come through experience and then refining your education.You can build a basic understanding of investing in 3-6 months.

Some lenders work with 220+ lenders and can really understand which lenders are best for you based on your situation. 

If not, I completely understand.

.- Understand what you value . . . do you want to have a phone call from the PM every Friday? 

If the project is in Canada then I would look to an attorney that understands international law as it could be more complex.Personally for something along the lines of what you are doing I would look to partner with another developer vs trying to raise the capital as that will be less labor intensive.

Understand the fees involved and calculate the total cost for an entire year of management so you can compare the different managers.

VG  it was my understanding that sub to guys charged 15k .. thats what one BP member told me at the time.. so its hearsay how much they actually wanted for their expertise..

There seems to be a mis-understanding about what ESCROW accounts are. 

But now understand from rereading this comment above, as well as the advisory review you provided, this was not so much the case.