Assuming you have liquid assets to find the purchase, finding your lender will not be difficult.You shouldn't need to get a lawyer involved here in PA for routine business.

If you develop a relationship with a loan manager they will likely be clean with you.

I would suggest you set up a website also with a nice clean simple landing page to generate leads.Then you can direct your Facebook Ads or Google Adwords campaigns there and it also ads credibility.Twitter and Instagram both have paid marketing tools as well that you can utilize to build an online presence.

Note; Under any/all move out option(s) A, B and or C, resident will be held financially responsible for all cleaning and damages in accordance with the lease and is required to pay all rent, utilities and other obligations even if moved out before a new resident is found or end date of lease.

I already know that a clean nice lit storage area would be a great upgrade, and we plan on doing that to the basement, after we paint over the graffiti/etc  https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/...I appreciate it! 

Our main concern now is the time it takes to clean and store linens as we still do this work ourselves. 

All the units looked good and were clean and kept up when I walked them.

I like to think I'm helpful in other ways too like helping them move, load up trucks, clean up the house, etc. 

It's all give and take and cost/benefit analysis you need to consider/decide upon.As others have said, go to local REI meetings, meetups, or just try to connect with people here and see what value you can provide these people in exchange for their help.Maybe you can re-design their website for them, or do some bookkeeping, or clean their office, or whatever skill you have that you think they might benefit from. 

having spent a decade in the timber business in Oregon I call it Oregon porch time.. these are not inner city dwellers these are folks that you need to sit with and talk  have coffee and build reporte'if the homes are nice and clean and saleable probably tough to buy under market unless your good at looking someone straight in the face and telling them their 300k home is only worth 200k.. that is a moral issue.Also be aware that you CANNOT legally sell a home you are not in title to in Oregon.. its selling real estate with out license and don't listen to all the people from all over the country that wholesale.. many states its an accepted practice in Oregon it is not.Also if your flipping homes IE coming into title you also need a developers license in Oregon  talk to @Karen Margrave she just got an education on this.. the state is cracking down on flippers.. its a 5k fine.. usually 1k first time.