If not, I can reccomend some folks to reach out to.  I

Something to pay close attention to is making sure there is a separate owners panels in 3+ unit properties.

What are these "equity stripping laws" you refer to? Is

At meetups you will find investors who will tell who their go to is and that is a way better recommendation and will also help you vet neighborhoods much quicker.

Out of the two, subject to is definitely the more risky approach for sellers. 

The website you posted a link to is some non-interactive landing page done in 3rd world country. 

That, in addition to experienced investor advising others to treat certain tenants like animals has just made me not so motivated to participate like I used to. I

Yes, I plan to. I

Lastly, I'm not sure if it makes sense to give a specific duration for how long you should search within a market (considering economic conditions and all), but if I had to I would look into a market for about 3+ months before moving on to the next.Hope this helps someone & thanks to everyone who responded to my initial post! 

What % of value do you think most property was being bid up to? I