COMMUNICATE THIS RIGHT NOW, TONIGHT, BEFORE YOU GO TO BED, AND WHEN YOU WAKE UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.

What are the best practices/creative ways to obtain this amount of money in the most efficient way?

More important than fees is your PMs communication skills and how they click with you.

Communicate with your lender your situation. 

People are breaching leases left and right, but most smaller landlords are willing to communicate for now.

Secondly, establish clear communication with your tenants.

Having learned about the freedom owning multi-family properties can provide and previous investing mistakes, I knew that one of the most effective and time efficient ways to retire our mom would be a multi-family house.

Because the Fed’s communication failed to educate the general public that the Fed Funds Rate is very different than mortgage rates, it prompted borrowers in process to break their locks and try to jump ship to a lower rate.

This way, we don't have to yell through the door communicating to an angry man.

Ask for references.I would also ask how they like to communicate and just make sure it jives with how you like to communicate.