Without experience, you may have to hire a GC to manage the project and submit that in the financing package.After you build your 1st one it should be much smoother!

Any suggestions on CRM software to help us 1.) organize our buyers list and 2.) can send emails and text blasts about particular deals we need to move to specific groups of buyers?

The key is to have your financing in place so your agent can submit your offers quickly in this competitive market!

I'm looking to upgrade to an online property management software and am deciding between Buildium and AppFolio.  

It’s 21$ a month also a tax write off under office supply and software!

As for the screaming tenant, just stop entertaining him and ask him to submit all in wiring.

You will typically need to submit quotes for the improvements when you apply for the mortgage and those funds will be held-back until the work is completed.I would suggest that you come to know and understand the process and mathematics behind evaluating a deal and projecting it's "after repair value", then develop your own spreadsheet - or, as we have done, software tools - to facilitate your analysis.  

Does anyone have experience and success submitting a short offer to a bank in this type of scenario?     

Let me know if anyone has figured out a better way, or an alternative software that is better suited for this.

You just have to ensure that the entity which will hold title to the property is the one which submitted the bid.