This post can be informational:https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/51/topics/1088325-expla...as well as this discussion:https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/51/topics/1225072-do-i-...A lot more of similar older threads can be found on this very forum.

I have found that *most* tenants will be honest about what they did and did not do.

I'm fairly new in the industry as well, and most of the sources I've checked at first require a subscription (CoStar, WSJ), but I found this newsletter called Zeroflux Real Estate who consolidate real estate news from such sites.

But assume you found a property they would allow you to do it on. 

We also knew what we were looking for and jumped when we found it.

I’ve done some research and have found that some banks will allow the seller finance portion from the seller to go towards the down payment of the loan, is that true?

We had a call set up for a Monday in December and by Friday we found the house we wanted to purchase through them. 

I've found that I like what I'm doing here, (cash flow) much better.

I actually found something of an answer this morning.

I've found that if you're going to do section 8, a lot of your trust is in the property manager to make or break the deal.