Assign due dates to those steps and have a system or process in place for tracking your progress whether that be as simple as being written down in your notebook or as complex as having a project management software.

Edit your post with something better than PM software!

As @Kevin Sobilo pointed out, maybe an additional career in real estate could increase your income while giving you applicable real estate knowledge.

Because you have one of them on M2M, that gives you the opportunity to raise rent, request an application from the tenant, put your lease in place with your terms, etc. 

Hi Robert, did you come up with a good software solution?   

It's a tough ask for software productivity tools when the "spec" (or "problem statement") isn't well defined. 

Same thing here with discriminating against a private pay applicant because they're not government guaranteed income.

You can use software, get a contractor, or learn it yourself. 

All other factors (applicable documentation, terms/interest rates, title, requirements) seem to usually be about the same.

I am on the opposite side of you on the Mortgage Banker side of things seeing things skyrocket in terms of applications right now with out of state buyers.