This is all in addition to similar examination of available court records, income/savings verification as appropriate, employment records/history, and scrutiny of ID's...always looking for something that doesn't match other records, or that just generates a question to be answered.

This is very market specific and you have to examine your competitor's strengths.

You need to examine the Governing Documents for the specific HOA you are interested in...they ALL are unique.

Is there a detailed inclusive checklist for things i need to examine/check before the purchase?

Then after closer examination it did not have as much CF as I had hoped.

Again, others might feel differently here.3) property level due diligence: (takes seconds to weeks per deal): here is where I drill in with the low-level details.a) pro forma popping: I examine all the assumptions, and see if they are overoptimistic or not.

I'll gladly examine the scenario further to see if there are any sufficient options available.  

At that age, you should have it closely examined.

Granted, my eyes were better decades ago too, but you simply cannot properly examine a wide variety of issues without great task lighting!

Examine the exemptions from Dodd Frank and Safe Act, some exemptions are just for home owners, not investors.