We used their online appeal website and they rejected the appraisal!  

This is Brad from New Jersey & I'm excited to not only join but learn from the BiggerPockets community.My career has been in sports business but I have always envisioned my future as a real estate entrepreneur and now I'm finally taking that leap of faith!

Does anyone have any recommendations for online schools?

It has everything you need on real estate investing including free online courses and videos for you to watch and learn from.

The land is worth over $8M and I have signed agreements from national and regional restaurants, retailers, and sport venues to be tenants with strong financials. 

If anyone using other channels or doing this process online already in a non-competing area that is willing to discuss share their model, please reach out. 

In either case, the credibility of the information is more likely to be valid - just about anyone can post just about anything online (and savvier/large companies may pay others to keep their online presence looking good).

Is there a resident portal or third party site for online payments or maintenance requests?

I've not been able to find anything online about other groups doing a similar project if they weren't financing themselves 100%.  

It has everything you need including free online videos and courses for you to watch and learn from!