@Steven Macdonald There are plenty of free platforms that offer all the functionality you'd find in something like RentRedi.

With resi, they have plenty of guys that bid for appraisals and spend maybe half an hour on site and then throw together comps.Comm appraisals are fewer guys and somewhat more complex since you need to look at operating numbers and comps,. hence higher price.

It's filled with thousands of real estate people in the Jacksonville market and you can get plenty of recommendations there for property managers.Hope this helps,Glen

There are lists you can build and plenty of off-market seller leads sources, also driving for dollars apps like Deal Machine.You have to know what you are targeting and why to find motivated seller leads and you have to spend to get them unless you want to start just mailing your own letters and in that case, you still need to drive or buy a list and skip trace it.

Security deposit amountYou can find plenty of examples by searching for "tenant estoppel certificate doc" or exchange "doc" with "pdf" for more options.Here is an example and explanation: https://eforms.com/rental/esto...Some have a lot of legal jargon but this document does not need to be so detailed.

There are a lot of helpful members that enjoy sharing their knowledge with you as well as plenty of networking opportunities.

Plenty of great lenders.

I'm sure there are plenty of folks who have done something like this, so I wanted to see if there is a standard operating procedure or if this type of deal varies a lot from one to another. 

There will be plenty of agents willing to sell you something.

Plenty of investors around here doing just fine, so I wouldn't worry too much.