Thanks for any suggestions and I look forward to connecting with more people on the site!

Take a look as well at Ian Ippolito's site https://www.therealestatecrowdfundingreview.com

One of the biggest mistakes I have seen less experienced investors do when choosing their first one or two flips is thinking they can save a lot of money by doing a lot of the repair or upgrading working on their own compared with paying a licensed contractor to do the work and mainly because a person doing the work themselves are not as experienced at doing good quality work and frequently will take a lot, a lot, a lot longer to get the work done and if you are financing your deal they you will end up paying a lot more in finance interest and still maybe end up with marginal instead of good quality work and you are only delaying the date for flipping , reselling, or being able to get a property rented.

Is there a booklist anywhere on this site, other than the ones for sale?

You will find little data from commercial sites.

We have about 50 coming in  from CA, on the 13th for our 2nd annual investor tour see my youtube link on my home page of my site video from April.  

I can call customer service and get a date down on the phone.. in 60 seconds.. but for survey stuff you need the report first and foremost. 

BiggerPockets also has a "Tools" tab above, hover your cursor over it and click "FilePlace"... here they have templates and documents that you might be able to search through and find what you're looking for.Once you have the LOI (otherwise known as an offer binder, offer sheet, deal sheet, etc), all you have to do is outline the terms of your offer: Proposed purchase price; deposit amount; total down payment; method of payment (cash, mortgage); contingencies (inspection, appraisal, etc); proposed contract date; proposed closing date and anything else outlined on the form or anything else you'd like to include. 

Check with your local laws but simply give them proper, legal, notice that as of "xx" date, their new rental rate will be $xxx.

Contractors on sites like craigslist are a dime a dozen but good contractors are scarce and very hard to hire if your just getting into the business.