I know it can be done because I've sat on google translate to annotate German tax returns into English, along with past-dated USD currency conversions to get a loan through, but yeah this is one where you need to shop primarily the competence of the lender, and shop it hard.

You can translate that last phrase as 'you may be hard pressed to execute' in your new endeavor. 

I'm not taking my proeprty off the market for 30 or 45 days, maybe longer as it may require to be extended, to some guy who drives up in a 95 Ford who claims to be some real estate investor (translation, some jobless guy who probably has questionablle credit and no money).If the seller has tried to sell for 286 days and no hits, another 30 days probably will not be a problem, so a motivated seller might look at anything.

This translates into making offers sometimes over ask because the other buyers will eat you alive at ask, or making offers without contingencies or choosing when not to give right to cure or having the advantage of a large sum for earnest money or a blitz closing (Thanks @Jason Dominski!)

A lot of the properties we've looked at recently for rentals had a pretty big (and often unwarranted) jump in the tax appraisal value from 2014 to 2015, translating to higher property taxes.

It's the Rhode Island Landlord Tenant Handbook and it's been around for 15+ years now (last updated in 2007 I think).I'd say it's required reading, and should be read before you read other, more generic (non-RI-specific) books on the subject, just to set the context and obligations framework in your mind properly.Note that the RI LTH is more or less a layman's translation of the RI Residential Landlord and Tenant Act (i.e., RI General Laws Chapter 34-18) which is the body of RI landlord-tenant laws covering things like security deposits, evictions, required notices & timelines, default rental terms (in the absence of a lease - not recommended), etc.So if you think the RI Landlord Tenant Handbook is dry, compare it to the source material (the laws) and you'll go back and think it's just fine and dandy :)Good luck and you can post any questions you have here on BP of course!

I hope that it translates into many successful real estate transactions.

This in turn, translates into a $6,000-$7,000/year in negative cashflow that could last for 3-4 years.

If anyone needs advice/help researching title that is my area of expertise primarily in Texas but many of the concepts translate.

That lack of responsible control over the budget can lead to HOA shortages that translate into "surprise!"