I tried but the lack of income on the property is a no go. 

All your first set of questions can be answered by looking online or calling several local competitors.Your accounting questions though, show such a lack of basic knowledge that you probably shouldn't be doing this until you have more experience.

If this is your dream retirement place, perhaps you use the LTR to simply subsidize your purchase even if it's not fully cash-flow positive. 

I was simply answering the question based on if you do use carpet what is a good color?

this is old  tried and true method of simply having you pay them to get credit cards .. there is no need to pay for this service.. unless you want to of course.. there is no magic bullet ut there that is going to give you credit and financing unless you actually qualify for it.But zero interest credit cards are used by some to do rehab and then pay them off issue is though your fico score drops like a rock the second you take on all these CC.Also starting out there is zero chance of getting any kind of business line of Credit that is unsecured.

A lack of itemized billing and high surcharges could be a red flag.

Hey Fellow Investors, I am starting my investing journey with vigor but lacking knowledge.

It is simply an information return filed to the IRS showing income/expense/etc that is then reported on your individual return in the same manor it would be without a partnership.

They already scraped and painted it but management tried to charge $250 for doing so, which i argued stating the cause of the damage was the lack of ventilation.

most sellers will lack motivation if their property is not distressed - and you said you don't want something too distressed.