Or have other suggestions or tips for sorting property searches, managing goals, and renovation details.  

Quote from @Melanie Baldridge: It's really simple: increase earnings, reduce expenses, save, invest, and wait. 

than you for the suggestions !

Agreed one simple adage..

In addition, I do want to get some type of temporary security camera for the property while doing some minor rehab fixes, Are there any suggestions for temporary security cameras?

A simple 5% return per year gets you $50k/year...and you still have the $1M to adjust to inflation by reinvesting into different vehicles along the way.Focusing on taking the long term returns ($$$/year) can be a better choice, but you have to look at the long term impact with all your options, compare them, and then make a choice.Do you think they teach that in school now? 

Since I'm not really an author I thought lets keep it simple only useful info in this book no fluff or BS just stuff you will need to be successful as an investor.

I would also suggest you visit the property managers and interview them personally to see what their process looks like and how they update their other clients.

Hey Ernie, your better tactic is to ask each question in the forums or as a simple post.

Your Lender My suggestion to find #2 & #4 would be to go to the top of this page and click on FIND AN AGENT & FIND A LENDER.