I did a search for the area but the web sites that come up for gov-level information weren’t showing anything that I could actually get information.

I left for law school in 2008 and the properties went trough a period of neglect I am still digging out from.After graduating, the learning curve was intense and I had little time to devote to managing my rentals and it is time for a change. 

Interested in hearing other's take on where they recommend I devote my time.

Is there a consensus in the community as to what is the best software (web-based) for running the finances of your day to day flip operations? 

If you have the time to devote to showing and marketing then try it yourself for a month or 2 if you have the time to do it.

They've researched it and discovered this new service that helps people qualify for rentals even though they have bad credit, broken leases, history of late payments, or other negative issues on their record.From what I can see, the applicant submits their information to the web site and pays a hefty fee.

Here are a couple of web sites, I have not read a book on self storage but I am sure there out there.Insideselfstorage.com (I go to this one a lot)Betcoinc.com (this place makes the buildings but has lots of information about self storage on there website)

@Johan Yang you can do it on the full site web version on your computer.

The people are very nice with a strong devotion to their Arkansas Razorbacks.As far as investing goes the market is pretty hot , like other markets across the US, but rightfully so here as there is a lot of money going back into the city and development in all 3 major regions of the area (Fayetteville, Springdale, Rogers/Bentonville) There are a few submarkets within those cities as well and where it can get exciting from an investor standpoint.

i would connect with an agent that understands what your needs are and can verify past deals that they have done such as yours.ultimately if your plan is to do more deals past these initial ones i would begin to implement marketing strategies that connect you directly to owners.and if you have money you can put towards marketing i would put into web based generated motivated seller leads...