The report mentioned the acceptable use of Desktop Appraisals and exterior only appraisals in the event of other factors preventing/discouraging interior access. 

Starting with a manager and an agent, you should be able to build out the rest of your team with their referrals.When you say you have $80K for a down payment, are you also factoring in closing costs and reserves? 

I see two factors here: 1.

Depends on the property, price and your personal factors to determine how much you need to put down plus your closing costs.

However, if I'm buying and holding, I think that this is not as big a factor.

Knowing your math is the Number One important factor to finding a good to great deal.

There are some other factors if you want to get technical like neighborhood, schools, types of tenants, the local job market.

Whether you are considering property management now or not, you need to factor this into your cash flow estimate.

All have their own nuances, things you need to factor for (a short term rental needs TP, and right now that is hard to get in most markets, and if you have too much on site, guests are stealing it, if you have any guests).The moral is start getting these down, they might be financial or they might be operation (number of units) or they might be lifestyle.

Waiting might be unwise due to the same factors.