But I also understand some people don’t really care about the cash flow as much as the security of not having to worry about a vacancy or whatever.

We have never collected that and it is not a significant cost.Also be very careful changing criteria mid stream, I would only change it between vacancies. 

Any tips are welcome.

From the start we could tell she hadn't read any of the questions we carefully answered nor reviewed any of the sensitive documents we uploaded during onboarding.

I'll be honest with you, in my experience, I have never seen a Investor care typically about the existing financing, or what was owed on the property.

One tip is to start looking into meetups to connect with investors / others in the REI game (in person/online).

If the structure on the property is determined to have no value, be careful when you consider paying the “value of the land”.The value of raw land is different than the value of land with an existing structure, even if the structure has no value.  

be careful..

Best tips are take it slow and make sure you have significant reserves when you leave your w2 also don't buy a company car if you already have a car just to say it's for work.

I sat out the boom bust since 2008 and focused on returning to full health after a spine injury.