Or are you more interested in (and willing to) engage in more of a slower, relationship-oriented approach to negotiating? 

We want to get engaged and get married In 2 years then buy a house.

Study the players and see how or why they are over paying for properties.

Or a description saying, 'new roof around 10 years ago,' because they can remember that a roof was installed but wasn't engaged in the details. 

Crowdfunding makes real estate easily accessible, however, in regard to institutional/syndicated real estate investments, the advice of an expert who works in the industry every day, knows all the players and their track records, and performs due diligence on each offering is a great benefit to you and comes to you at no cost.

Zillow so far has a pretty decent engagement, while others like Craigslist are fairly silent.

I will make sure to engage a professional company for tax protest!

A good tenant is someone who:Has stable employment in a market segment that is very likely to be stable or improve over timeHas a credit history with which you can evaluate the likelihood that they will performPays all the rent on scheduleTakes care of the propertyDoes not cause problems with neighborsDoes not engage in illegal activities while on the propertyStays for many yearsGood tenants are the exception, not the norm.

You'll get more engagement and more expert engagement.

Yes, Ive engaged a company for the phase I.