My goal is to build a team online and irl to help with this new journey.

Looking at online calculators, a rough value of it is currently 155,000.

- but you can find them online by googling for them (if no better option).  

About 60k leads a month come through our clients sites in most every market in the US/Canada 100% online and it's a really consistent, but it does take some work and investment. 

Look at online reviews.  

For a new lease, I will need to create a state-specific one through some online entity. 

MLS will give you some, but you can look online to the City's website for the City owned real estate they have for sale, but those tend be up to highest bid.I wish there was a catch-all answer to this question, but there really isn't, because it depends on several factors - like what's your price range, what are you looking to do with the property?

If you do bid online, the sale will still be subject to short sale approval.

In Philly, you can find out just about anything about a property / zoning / permits online.

If you're not familiar with the area, I recommend driving around and doing some in depth research online about the location of the property.