When I’m studying a new market for my company, I’ll spend hours driving streets taking notes of what I’m seeing:- Where are the demand drivers (employers, large retail power centers/shopping)- What is the development pipeline in the area?  

In Rochester we have a pretty active group (FREIA) as well as a lot of little spin off factions of individuals that like to get together and talk shop.  

Adam,Glad to help and talk shop!

A counter top shop can fab this for you.

@Gurpreet Bhinder the bank we used is lending us all we want, but we have shopped elsewhere and other banks have flat turned us down or offered bad rates.

I can't say I've found a one-stop shop when getting started, but there are many resources available (including BP).

Agree, call @Jason Bott, he's your one stop shop for insurance in Milwaukee.

It could be as simple as meeting 5-10 others at a coffee shop in town and discussing your goals.By meeting others and establishing rapport, you could partner with someone, do a wholesale deal, etc. to build capital that would eventually enable you to reach your REI goals. 

Obviously I don’t want my credit shopped.

I haven't worked for about a year, and my monthly income is just from the rental: $2,000/month and credit score is 800.I've been traveling abroad from the USA and the rental income has been enough to sustain this nomadic lifestyle and cover mortgage as well, but I would like to come back and purchase a turn-key coffee/cafe shop.