Would love to get your input on your favorite skiptracing software to be able to find owner contacts for distressed properties.

It satisfies the basic requires though: We used a long-term lease for our state provided through Avail.co and then we amended it to specifically allow for sub-letting (easy to do with the software/website). 

I'm a 33-year-old software engineer residing in the New York long island area.

The issues is time reviewing everything, we'll need all your documents and if we see a number wrong we can't go into the tax software to see what went wrong, it would be a lot of back and forth.

If your market isn't as hot right now or if you don't have significant equity in the home, then chances are you may be better off submitting a contingent offer and relying on the market. 

When you are within two years of purchasing make sure to have good tax returns to submit as lenders will want tax returns for last two years.Use the money you have saved and your tax returns to buy a duplex/triplex with an FHA loan and house hack.That would be my game plan in a nutshell.

My preference would be areas with tech workers, software professionals, etc. 

Accountants in a similar situation probably have some advice that can help make sure you set yourself up from a software implementation, bookkeeping, lender sourcing situation.

Now we have to submit the plans and apply for a permit and have an inspector come out to review the conversion from 30+ years ago

TenantCloud seems to be a hot topic, here is another posting about it.https://www.biggerpockets.com/...For 1 property I wouldn't even look at TC or any other software that charges a monthly fee.