Step 2: Narrow down your "buy box" (are you market-indifferent, are you looking for a certain level of cash flow, etc.).Step 3: Connect with real estate agents and begin making offers!

It's a fairly unregulated space (charging grandma $750 to puts around for 3 hours, after moving the old box from the horizontal sensor, which was the only problem with the garage door to begin with), so some combination of carefully reading reviews (you have to actually read them to make sure it's not 200 fake reviews), and maybe not giving them the full contract all at once, is in order. 

The flush mount hinges are about $8 for 2 at the box stores and I think I’m getting boxes of 50 for around $60.

I just used my attorney as our registered agent, PO Box as our business address, and a separate LLC as the holding company. $50/ LLC and it literally takes less than 20 minutes for each LLC and costs less than $20/ yr. to renew each LLC.

Mysteriously I got a vague notification that the listing went live again.

Hard Money can help here. you just have to check a few boxes. 

Put an upside down box over toilet and shower head.

My buy box is C+/B- 2000 sq ft or better, no HOA, no Pool, 2.5 bathrooms or better and plenty of parking. 

As mentioned by @Chris Mason, Bridge Loans: These short-term loans can provide immediate financing until more traditional financing becomes available or until the property stabilizes and becomes more attractive to lenders.Interest rates and stipulations may be a pain.Out of the box here and requires a few more research, SBA Loans: Small Business Administration loans can be an option, especially the SBA 7(a) loan program, which can be used for hotel acquisitions.I heard someone  mention - Mezzanine Financing: it involves a combination of debt and equity financing, which might appeal to some investors looking for higher returns.

Quote from @Sabrina Marie:Went back to looking at Digb and Quickbooks and made the move to Digb so I don't need to setup multiple subscriptions for each LLC, it isn't setup out of the box for real estate and I'm not an accountant/don't want to pay someone to set it up for me.