The pitch deck will also get crafted alongside in anticipation for any investors that want to give a nobody like me a chance.I was thinking that with my lack of a track record, I can hopefully make up for that with presenting an actual deal rather than a fund's unknown future for example, as well as credible firms crafting the financials, PPM, and due diligence documents. 

It’s smart to know exactly where you stand and get a better understand the whole process from a lender you trust.As someone else commented, it’s a pretty competitive market out there and no seller is going to accept an offer that doesn’t come alongside a preapproval.

Is there a tool, website, or video(s) out there that show many properties (real or hypothetical) with all of their listing information alongside an expert's analysis of them?

You won’t regret the smaller asset in a good location so long as you have a good management option.Depending on your aspirations, you might consider investing alongside a professional on a much larger asset.

But as a newbie, I would like to have an experienced person alongside to help me avoid some very costly mistakes as I pursue the acquisition of one or both of these types of properties.   

There are a couple MF syndicators who will take 1031 funds (as a TIC alongside the syndication LLC), but their closing has to line up with your time.

To clarify I have a team of market researchers and skip tracers working on this alongside me.

-Seeking funding (brokers or creative) most likely FHA-Appraising and estimating repair costs alongside professionals to get an idea of the process-Building relationships with contractors, getting estimates on potential projects (also, reading to get a general sense of ARP)-Learning and executing rehabs, by self and delegating to contractors.

I worked alongside professionals as a "helper" With pretty much no construction experience, they put me on the dirty grunt work, cleaning rat poop, removing the old toilets, scrubbing down baseboards, etc. but as I was doing that, I was watching every single thing they did, and pestered them with tons of questions on how to do things and different techniques.

Do you work along side another (experienced) agent in order to learn the ropes from them?