But for judgements liens and all that who cares they are snuffed out at the sale.

Reading those little books that guests and sign and comment in can be very helpful and grounding when you have those times when it seems like guests don't care.

Who cares?

Everybody wants the view, nobody wants the climb.Do things for yourself, remember nobody cares about you.

In my limited experience, HML may not care too much about your credit but they will care about your, presumed, lack of experience.  

They are all in decent areas.I like the program.They pay all or a large portion of the rent.The tenants take care of my houses and stay a long time. can i contact you John to get some advice on investing in MD for sec 8? 

welcome @Cam Caraher and congrats on joining BP, this place is the start for many, sure was for me longer ago than I care to admit.I'm not personally in your market, although was born in dorchester and grew up in NH, but this is a great place to meet locals.If you have not already a great starting point is the Meetups posted here, just search for your area and see if any meetups are happening. 

Otherwise contract a service for the season that will automatically take care of for every snowfall.4) YES you need to heat them!

Be careful, these landlords are notorious for not paying 

If any place has HOA/POA I would be very careful with those restrictions and talk to plenty of people including every board member before buying about their views on STR.