Eventually when you have more you can get some sort of accounting software, but this worked really well for me. 

This will give you their rents or value.Buy Rental Estimates:  Another hyper-local option is buying the rental estimates offered through rental software companies like Burbz, Cozy, Tenant Cloud. 

Before spending too much time and dollars having the attorney facilitate a title search and a formal contract, I was curious if there’s any websites, applications or software you’d suggest for a preliminary title search.

What are some software choices that are rental property focused for managing the property and accounting/financials? 

If you have 5 or more, you will need to pick an integration software (such as ownerrez) and then find an online payment provider.

@Steven Cowles All the things mentioned above as well as checking out radius.com they have some good software for upcoming development/expansions.

Also, any online software that anybody would suggest for rent payments?

This includes a good maintenance staff, PM software, and great customer service. 

Our credit and background checks are all done through our Property Management software Buildium but Smart Move with transunion is a good service for smaller landlords. 

You can also buy lists from companies like list source and there are some REI software companies that have a cash buyer search feature.Best way to find motivated sellers is to purchase lists and compile lists from city and county for 60-90-120 days late on mortgage, pre-foreclosure, delinquent taxes, water cutoff, code violation, probate, divorce, high equity, etc. and mail or cold call.Other methods are driving for dollars, door knocking, wholesalers, craigslist, Realtors, FSBO sites, expired listings, foreclosure sites, put out bandit signs, billboards, newspapers, other offline publications.You can use pay per click/adwords, facebook, Linkedin, Youtube, and other forms of online and social media.