As many landlords are, I am cash broke but asset rich. I

Otherwise you may have to go to a hard money lender - they focus on the deal, not your credit.

I have been living in Austin for over 3 years now (obviously love it) and I've been in commercial real estate working as a tenant-rep broker focused on retail properties for the past year.

Latitude Realty is a great boutique brokerage that focuses on that niche, and Encompass Realty is one to check out especially if you are interested in buying properties at auction.

Once i built enough savings from wholesaling and my W-2 job I focused on finding the property matching my exact criteria.

The niches I want to focus on are single and multi-family homes.

Visiting a lot of properties also helped me get "desensitized" to the beauty of some of the properties I have seen so that I could focus mainly on the numbers and the property features.Analyze some potential rental properties even though you do not intent to purchase them.

What systems do you have in place that have saved you time and allowed you to focus on what you do best?

Attend local  meetups that focus on multifamily or commercial real estate. 

Don't just look at all of Tampa, but focus in on a few neighborhoods and get to know them.