I'd suggest you ask as many questions as you can, there are a ton of people on here who are knowledgeable in many subjects. 

How do they treat people that are close to them?

Be prudent and cautious, but take calculated risks.REI meetups are a great place to meet like minded people and connect.

We always check the assessor as we see people trying to boost unit count when it's not actually true.  

BP is a great place to definitely learn and connect with like-minded people. 

But, a lot of people like that.

Hey Bugger Pockets Community,I just finished reading Brandon Turner's book on investing with little to no money down (amazing book btw) and I am interested in knowing what are people's experience with MLO's and seller financing.

Some people like Yardi and some like the next one. 

It is to get you to reduce the amount of time you waste looking at deals and knowing what is good and what isn't good for a deal.You'll also need to know the area comps, are people putting in wood flooring or LVP etc.

The biggest issue with Stessa is that it sounded like they had very low transfer maximums(making it difficult to pay people) but it looks like they've improved a little bit on that.