@Axel Meierhoefer i generally recommend having your agent and PM be the same person for many reasons but one is they don't want to over promise you on potential rents as they will be the one trying to get it leased in the future. 

Before you go crazy and build a 20+ page lease, I'd like to suggest a better frame.

Read the rules and regulations about what a home improvement contractor can and cant do on the state web site .                                                 

Hi all,I’m a software engineer thinking of building a machine learning driven, real estate investment recommender app.

Does anyone have any recommendations of who I should talk to?

We recommend you get management contracts from several PMCs and compare the services they cover and, more importantly, what they each DO NOT cover.

Finding a local CPA is no longer needed or common post-Covid but of course it is your right to seek locally.https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/51/topics/1222774-expla...If you really insist on local, I recommend finding your local investor group and asking them for recommendations.

Any tips, resources, or stories would really help.Grateful to learn from you all!

What are your recommendations for more accurate skip-tracing information? 

After consulting with our contact at Airbnb, we were told they were ranking on page 13!!!