Checking out Furnished Finder, Aribnb/VRBO (30+ day stays) and looking at sites like AirDNA (only for STR data) can be great ways to do some easy market research on your own.

A good  real estate attorney should look over the offer and all paperwork prior to signatures.I  do not know one but hopefully someone on this site will have one. 

Private lenders look at a few key items but listed below are the most important items from a lender perspective. 

@Salvador Covarrubias I support the above comments, any time an appraisal comes back with subject to or listing deferred maintenance, the lender will require those items to be remedied or fixed prior to closing.

Hi where did you find the listing of auction? 

Let's chat at your convenience - I'm also one of the 700 agents out of the same KW office, have fone 75+ buy-sell deals myself and closed 55+ transactions as an agent, 80% on the listing side.

Don't be just another vanilla (forgettable) $190 ADR listing with cell phone pictures, no SEO and the same hot tub and fire pit as everyone else. 

Find books and sites, like this, and just start reading them. 

Building a list of HML right now and getting my teams lined up.

Comps are on all the online sites in the states I do my biz,