What will their benefits look like vs mine?

It sounds like you have a clear focus on multifamily properties, which is a great niche with lots of potential in that region.

Like maybe get to 60 K in savings .

Operators already have relationships with the brokers and are much more likely to see an off market or "pocket listing". 

I would assume asking proof of income on something like this is not unusual to request in a sale.

I was just wondering everyone else's strategies on finding lists like these? 

Going into a 50 unit plus deal without any sort of experience is like telling yourself you can go to the Olympic games for wrestling after three training sessions.

I would like to take some suggestions on what I should be doing.

The good news is that in these types of cities, there are significantly more properties for sale (albeit at lower price points), and you can gain traction with a few houses per month more easily than in tougher markets like Tampa or Dallas, for example.

Unfortunately, I don't think it's realistic that you will find a generic commercial lease online that checks all the compliance boxes for your state, city, and county.There are limited service property managers that will do retail tenant placement (rather than full property management, which it seems like would be overkill for this one commercial unit you manage), and this would be included as part of that basket of services.You could also hire a lawyer, but I think that property management company will be more cost effective.