I am majoring in Architecture so I will be NCARB certified and have a license in the future.

With a 9-5 job too busy to catch a breather, being that it will be my first rental property would you recommend finding a property management company to oversee the investment property OR create a profile on a property management platform, I am thinking about Avail unless there is a better platform, to collect rent and hire specialist as issues arise from tenants?

IE they just work in the NPN space and try to work the notes and ending up owning probably happens maybe not the majority of the time but quite often..

Have a deal going in Springfield, IL 62702 Any suggestions on a reliable investor friendly closing company?

Congraduations on your new company.  

This arrange that you will have will likely be a headache(major assumption on my part).First - Do not do business with a friend. 

I am not worried about any major employer as tourism is the major employer and people will always be wanting to be close to the ocean. 

I have transacted with them as well; by far the best out of the turnkey companies IMO.

I'm registered with the the vast majority of notable nationwide DSCR lenders.

He's still a loose cannon.I am willing to eat crow on the boring company.