However if it’s a really big hazard and they fail to take care of it quickly, I might just take care of it myself rather than taking any legal action, personally.

He acted like a used-care salesman - trying to be my best friend at the meeting.

If your chosen market requires 2 or 3 flights with layovers, you probably won’t have the time or desire to get on the ground as often as you like.

They offer interest-only loans, don't charge for appraisals unless the deal actually closes, and have great customer service (they actually close on time unlike some of the lenders my clients have chosen against my advice over the years who ask for my time for underwriting the day before closing).

Careful.

He is super sloppy in communications, constantly calling me and our business the wrong names which seems to show a lack of care. 

And who cares if they did, the tenant moves out and you just rent to private pay tenants.

- We've chosen many times NOT to renew a S8 tenant's lease because of the damage they cause, which their caseworker won't hold them accountable for.- We just evicted a S8 tenant that refused to pay their portion of the rent. - We also have S8 tenants move because the owner won't agree to repaint, replace carpeting, etc. - that were new when the S8 tenant moved in 1-2 years ago.Another challenge of finding S8 tenants is many EXPECT you to waive application fees and security deposits. 

Screen tenants carefully, budget for vacancies, and keep learning with books like The House Hacking Strategy and Landlording on Autopilot.Good luck!

If you can just make sure you are buying right, everything else falls into place eventually.There are markets that perform better than others, but unless you are holding long-term or building rentals, you shouldn't really care too much since flipping is all about buying at the right price for that market: