My names is Hakeem Valles, I am a recently retired NFL player and just settled my family down in St Louis. 

Eventually, the property will be listed on the market but you'll be competing with everyone else.

Bayonne is another big player.

Best bet is going to local REIAs to meet the local players in your area. 

I didn’t mind because I am an investor and I am looking at these  for myself as well (of course I would not compete with my client).  

How can I compete against a brand new building with pool, walk in closets and move in promotions.

Appfolio works well with smaller portfolios from a cost position and they have a strong support team, and Yardi recently released Breeze to compete with Buildium and Appfolio.

Hello I am still new to this real estate business and I am wondering if it is prudent for a newbie to buy their first multi-unit apartment building on a block full of competing apartment buildings or should the approach be to buy an apartment on a different area of town where there are little to no competitions?

It seems like you need a database management software to host the site, and then to make it easier to work with than the competing brokerages.You could contact an existing service that operates in a different country - in the US, it might be Zillow or Trulia or the MLS service themselves - and see if they'd be interested in partnering with you and using the software they already have, since their solutions are already very sophisticated and well refined. 

@Aviv BerkovitchI don't know the Indy market but I'd bet you'd find someone competent for $10-15/hr if you can get them going.Depending on the number of cuts/corners, etc I'd bet you'd be at 1.5 -3.5 days labor to complete a job like this.So, do the math.Of course if you go the 'professional' route IE Homeadvisor be prepared to pay 3-8x that easy.On the paint, I'd probably start my negotiating for that at maybe $650 to $900 depending on number of cuts around trim, etc.Doesn't mean you'd get someone at that but I wouldn't pay more than another 1.2x what I said above.