Currently in the process of acquiring land from the city to start the permitting phase of the project.Q's:  Anyone know of any excellent real estate attorney's, multifamily insurance providers, ground up construction lender?? 

As for self-growth in human relations and productivity, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey is excellent.

If you have good to excellent credit that is a bit high in closing costs. 

@Shawn Mcenteer excellent answer buddy.

There's a reasonable chance that I could qualify for a $1 million conventional home loan (based on my income, debt-to-income ratio and excellent credit score) and I could ask him if he'd be willing to wait for the 45-60 day close on the conventional loan (which he may be ok with, if he's selling to me); however, I only have about $30k to put down (not the $200k+ required for 20% down plus closing costs). 

Do you have any project management templates in excel or any other tool which could help?

It's extremely common for buyers in the Austin market to waive the appraisal contingency to win in multiple offers, which means they are removing their right to terminate or negotiate if the appraisal doesn't meet value. 

you can plug in the numbers to the bp calculator - i use the bp calculator and my excel models to be sureAssumptions as an exampleassume $650/mo rent for each unitassume 8.333% vacancy rate (1 month)assume 40% operating expenses (kinda high but cap ex can be pretty stout)assume a 5% cap rate Cap rates are important to know with these type properties. 

Excel.

Whatever you want but make sure to celebrate the wins along the way or you will burn yourself out.