Ask a real estate agent in the area for a few closing companies. 

We were in the flipping business not the landlord hand holding business so we needed the folks out.I know you East coast folks really rely on Lawyers for your day to day real estate stuff.

Really just depends on the area and rental comps

I started in Real Estate investing in 2013 when my daughter went to college ( first investment was student rental), i still own that house and several others in the town, not all student rentals. i look at this as my retirement in the near future and my kids inheritance should i ever pass.

Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

You can add on a nationwide check but I do not believe this is a real check per se. 

It depends on the program, the two that I am most familiar with will do 100/100 at 70% ARV but will underwrite pretty heavily and will treat it almost along the lines of a non-QM lenders and might even underwrite the builder/GC.

The wannabes think wholesaling is either real estate investing or being in their “own business”.  

We spent too much remodeling it and dropped the price too quickly in a softening real estate market.

The real estate market in my area is now stagnant with a surplus of inventory.