Would speak to another loan company. 

I'm speaking to an investor about purchasing an occupied rental in Dearborn Heights (Southeast Michigan).

One thing I would highly recommend is speaking with someone locally that has worked with real estate investors.

Ask to speak with some of their current owners and current/former tenants.

Just speaking generally, $2,000 is not nearly a big enough budget to build anything useful.I find it hard to believe there isn't already a well developed scheduling/calendar SaaS product that someone else has already developed that you could pay an affordable monthly subscription.Here's 3 I found just doing a google search ranging from $8 to $50 per month.https://calendly.com/https://simplybook.me/en/https://acuityscheduling.com/s...Sometimes it's easier (and cheaper) to just pay someone else a monthly subscription instead of trying to re-create the wheel.

Speaking as someone that underwrote hundreds of apartment acquisitions in a rent controlled environment, the entire business model was built around vacancy decontrol.

The news speaks to how important it is for investors/companies to focus on the fundamentals:Strategy: what markets will you focus on and what is your capacity?

There is something to be said about learning from other peoples experiences and mistakes when speaking with them in person. 

If there interested in selling when you speak to them and the price is reasonable.

Hey Nick, You should speak with @Aj Parikh he is in our area and recently completed his first flip.