there are numbers from $150-$200 per sf.5) what financial institutions should i look for6) how much this project should cost overall to make numbers work ?

Covert operators don't want to be discovered! 

I like the cyber Harvard Law School site, the American Bar Association, Cornell University Law School, look to the American Land Title Association, Appraisal Institute, HUD, the NRA has good stuff too. 

(I also forgot to mention that the new tenant told me that, during her initial showing, she discovered the old tenants had 3 Rottweiler's that were living in the house, which was a breach of contract- and I was never informed of this by the PM).

Do you need to become an approved lending institution, or can it be done personally, like private lending?  

That's good advice and I'll consider those institutions you mentioned.

I was inspired by friends who were doing well in real estate, so I spent all of my “free” time driving, running, cooking, etc listening to these podcasts, which helped me cope with the lack of work/life balance and to discover a way out of this corporate nonsense.Fortunately, by listening to Josh and Brandon, as well as other sources I’ve found, I’ve discovered the power of passive income through rental property.

Living here, we have discovered many other people that want to do the same thing but cannot afford a mortgage.

That is why I have instituted the above listed process. 

It wasn't long after I discovered real estate, mostly by accident.