Having people do those things can free you up to focus on what you do best and what gives you the greatest financial return per hour.If you are starting out with very little money then you generally have to look at doing things yourself and boot strapping until you can build enough capital to invest and grow your business.I will give you a case in point.

You are not trying to draft an agreement, simply communicating to your attorney what you have agreed on.Submit to your attorney, he/she will come up with further points that need discussion/decisionsDiscuss again, record your decisions and resubmit to attorneyRepeat until the attorney has drafted an operating agreement that you both agree on (you can see that extensive discussion between the partners will save you in attorney costs)Open a bank account (free or close to it) using the newly formed LLC certificate and operating agreementNow you have a functioning company. 

One good play is to try to contact the second.  

If I'm buying, it's free to have a buyers agent if it's listed in the MLS in most cases.

Feel free to message me for contact information.Thanks!

Yes, I searched a few different municipalities in various states and all have various levels of accessibility (free online records, require written request, must visit office in person, etc)

We have the cash to cover it but would ultimately want to immediately free it up for the repair costs.

BP is maybe the greatest free resource to help you get started in Real Estate Investment there is on the internet.

For the unit you want to renovate, I'd offer a higher rent and give them the option to stay or leave, if they choose to stay, you get to rent higher without having to do the renovation work, if they choose to go, you're free to do your work as planned. 

I didn't just see a year form now I'm thinking what I can do in five years, I didn't want to have nice things at the time because I know it will slow down to my goal which is become financial free. 3 years since I bought my first house I was able to save all the money that I made from the duplex and the house appreciated, so i was able to ask for an equity loan, and into my second home I put 20% down payment because that's the requirement for an investment property.