I've also polled several of the people in my network (contractors, flippers, wholesalers, brokers) asking what they are seeing.Below is my updated budget (padded) for Spring/Summer 2021. (1) Note that the 2020 numbers are a padded (I pad everything) high average of budgets pulled from 4 houses I flipped in the PNW in 2019-2020. (2) If the official numbers were below inflation, I used Inflation (Shadowstats.com). (3) The overall increase in price on my breakdown is close to the overall data I've found online, which makes me think I have a decent updated budget for eyeballing deals with. (4) To reiterate, the numbers I started with were unique to my situation in the PNW, so please don't take them as gospel for you!

We don't have tenants fill out applications until they complete an online pre-screen questionnaire.

@Mike Baxter Thanks for reaching out Mike, I have a company I found online who are looking for bird dogs in my area (Bradenton, FL).

I heard people saying I can purchase leads online but where ?

I tried searching online for "Real Estate Transaction Case Studies", it seems like it either doesn't exist, or they have been SEO'ed to oblivion (i.e the 7th o of Google)Thanks in advance.

Most of the information you need you can find at local meetups, online Zooms, and in these forums.

Attend local meetups and online REI Zooms. 

(However, the advice I'm finding online is all over the board and contradictory at times - even among law firms.)ANY suggestions on how to get this set up correctly from the jump?

Loopnet is a good place to look for multifamlies that investors put online and realtors put online. 

You can also check their reviews online at Google, Facebook, or Yelp.