It's possible that the property was part of the MERS robo signing signature scandal and the problem of false agency.

From what I have gathered as long as you are not falsely stating it's your primary residence and the loan servicer does not require it to be a primary you don't have to make it a primary. 

There are two false assumptions with real estate investing that some people make:1.

(at 19 saying someone is making you go to Toronto is absurd)

There're just too many false assumption in the post.

Go work for a brokerage with a broker who sits in the office and help two friends with transactions before you do surgery on yourself.Get a VA preapproval from an actual Underwriter and stick to under that sales priceCommon Mistakes that come to mind based on what you said:choosing a property that doesn't meet VA standards and losing your EMDfilling out the contracts wrong and getting suednot understanding inspection or appraisal notes and not cancelling the deal before the contingency date, lose the EMD and maybe get suedappraisal comes in low and not knowing how to arbitrate and negotiate, not having compssigning something without understanding the future resultsstating something false in writingsaying something that crosses Fair Housing lawsgetting the numbers wrong, not being able to get insurance in CA, offering on higher price than you qualify for...being busy at day job and not opening emails in time

It may have happened somewhere, sometime but there may have been other circumstances related to the case that are actually unrelated to the hand dialed phone call (like misrepresentation, fraud, continued calling when the home owner says “stop”, used a false name in the solicitation or other scam related activity).What the concern is about, is "mass dialers'.

They think my area is cheap money compared to other areas and falsely assume they can BRRRR and raise rents unreasonably high and still find tenants.

Replacing toilets is another great example of this.2) Absurd upgrades associated with some permits. 

Is this something others see pretty consistently or is my data gathering giving me a false impression?