Yes, you need to start somewhere -but start there if you have the plan to scale there over time.A couple things I would add are; go on to the city permit web page to do a search for major systems and if and when they may have been replaced.  

Any advice or webpages on finding a reputable engineer? 

If you have money then you don't need much time like your doing on FastPeopleSearch and other free web pages that scrape data from other Websites.

You can go on to pine tree legal web page for eviction process.

If you go on the MeetUp webpage and search “Airbnb Hosts South Florida,” you should be able to find us.

Let's say I find a home in a broker's webpage that appeals to me. 

I think the only way to do that is to wrap it with HTML or CSS on a webpage.

sorry my mind went happy :)I truly welcome your spears on this idea....video: company webpage: www.boxabl.com

I get many non-call backs when requesting service on their web pages, or they only want to do the tax filings. is it hard or too expensive to have some assistance in this matter or is DYS what most startup rental investors do...?

I have done the sub30k thing with only 4 homes from out of state, but was able to translate and communicate it so that I've helped 100s of people do it themselves all over the country (You can look at my youtube channels, my webpages, for emails, linked in messages, youtube comments, my newsletter, and video testimonials on how many homes they were able to get because I helped them).