Banks/financial institutions/servicers have regulatory bodies that hold them accountable for the proper and appropriate servicing characteristics of their portfolio.

Is there a certification body that checks your financials ie income and net worth and you get certified?

Don't be too greedy the first time around.I'm also glad that in the body of the text you say "partner" not "investor" as you do in the subject of the post.

I also asked if they know of any body else with properties to reach out to me.

I have seen old septic systems consist of an old car body for the tank and field all rolled into one (BTW cars rust away and the whole thing caves in - also provides zero treatment and discharges raw sewage to the groundwater) Proximity to a well is important.

That hearing is a recommending body and then moves onto the city council or other full board hearing.  

Stay out of Coffeyville Kansas unless you can tolerate riff raff, refinery trash, drugs, thieving prostitutes, meth head squatters, petty criminals, breaking and entering, overdoses and dead bodies in your properties, tenants having adultery with other tenants spouses, walking in on intruders in your STR, 5 homicides in a year in a town of 9500, and other miscellaneous nuisances. 

I bought from a flipping group and I think they just tried to fill it with a body so it could be rented and cash flowing for the sale.

Our goal is to own a fleet of 'em and take over the world. ;-)Due to life happening we chose to take on partners for these two that we are working on.Our goal is to have enough cashflow from rental units to retire from our day jobs in the next 4 years or so.

To me, an amortized loan is like a dragon - with a very large body in the front and a much smaller tail in the back.