Start shopping as soon as you have a contract for sale. 

I would just go shopping for RIO. 

Then, no matter what that answer is, start shopping for lots. 

My nights and weekends have been almost entirely devoted to real estate over the past couple months as I am absorbing as much content as I can through BP, books, podcasts, etc. as well as taking classes online to earn my CA real estate license.I have to say I am a huge fan of the BRRRR strategy at the moment and would like to get into the buy and hold rental income investment arena...particularly with MFH investing.

Does anybody use neighborhood scout when doing online research of an area while looking for rental properties?

Placing tenants is a THING, meaning posting online, showing this space to potential tenants, getting a ton of time-wasting texts, and then all the other activities pre/post tenant placement. 

I'm using cozy.co so it is all online. 

I wonder if there are any online discounts like for example lowes you can find online 10% discounts.

(I've already begun work on spreadsheets, but finding out the specific fees and management rules for each condo/condotel is daunting and I don't want to start actually shopping until I know a lot more about each condo association).- I am totally aware of the problems with condos.

Assuming you don't live in one of the units, you'll likely only be able to go up to a 75% LTV on a MF.... or at least that's all I've been able to find while talking to lenders and researching online.