These actions typically drag in the seller, agent, and broker....It may be easier to see if you can settle with the previous seller/agent first.

My Broker being the mad man he is, used my deal to bully the seller into giving my friends a good deal, so now we own the better part of a block.Right now I'm sitting on my property until the urban renewal project on my end of town brings up the property values a bit and hopefully I'll make a good profit and maybe find an investor interested in a a couple of duplexes when I go to make my next move. 

A local broker has an 18 unit 2br/1ba property but it’s a touch out of my range with the cash I can put to work.

Any recommendations for a good software that will allow me to customize contracts?

I would recommend finding a good market and a good real estate broker to help find the property that will give you a good return.

Or you can be a transaction broker immediately.

Your friend needs to work with licensed real estate broker or sell them directly himself.  

Grant -I am a Mortgage Broker in Milwaukee, WI.

We are planning to roll out a custom built property management platform later this year for Premier Property clients.

My wife is a real estate broker who owns her own company as well.