All these manufacturers are pretty good, just contractors get married to one brand and not use others. 

We started the process with her lenders saying that we could do anywhere from 65% LTV to 75% LTV pretty comfortably with a minimum loan amount of 75K.After starting the loan process, I learned that the lenders this MLO was working with were only offering 100K minimum.

I will be doing a pretty large renovation in one of the units, and mostly cosmetic reno in another unit, so i'm wondering what the best way to go about dealing with any potential lead issues in this case.

A 72-T exemption known as a Substantially Equal Periodic Payment (SEPP) is a pretty rigid agreement.I don't think you will be able to accomplish the rents-only goal.  

Although I have not yet purchased my first tax deed property, I have been spending a considerable amount of time researching the tax deed sale process and the tools that can be used to streamline the process as much as possible- one of those tools being PropertyOnion.com.The website seems to provide a wealth of knowledge for pretty much any property you'd like to research, and provides data that could be useful to a variety of RE investors.

Properties here can cash flow pretty well.

I have an investor with a property in Pottstown that has done pretty well, but I would call it a huge appreciation play.

Every so often one of the older homes in the old city center will come up, and those are always worth a look, but it is pretty rare.Celina also very nice place to live, but probably tougher for investors. 

It could give you insights into how the deal is looking versus what is being reported to you (hopefully this aligns pretty closely).  

Pretty straightforward project but extremely useful for my investing career going forward.