I've never heard from anyone who's happy with their HOAs, especially the people who sit on the HOA boards.Unless you love landlording, then sell and cash out while you can. 

Adding even money to a 35% DTI could theoretically bring the DTI almost to 50%Say you start with $3000 debt/$10,000 income(30%DTI)...then add a property that debts a million dollars and grosses a million....you now have debt of $1,003,000 and income of $1,010,000..whats that debt to income ratio?  

This is a good question.I found that meetups are kind of like you described not much really happens there and for sure REIAs and their monthly meeting kind of the same people talking about the same thing then bring in ( at least what i have seen with the PDX reia) folks that are presenting on things that worked decades ago.. and want to sell their stuff for a few grand.For me personally the best networking hands down was SF Bay Area events  San Jose Reiaand LA  FIBI events.folks in those markets are very real estate centric and generally more experienced and in San Jose so many tech folks that have done really really well.. maybe not in RE but have done great in TECH and have quite a bit of bandwidth for investments..

This is the #1 issue we see - owners not understanding, so then their expectations are not met.

If you have no money for down payment do you have teh $2000+ per month to pay the first (then still have to pay the 2nd?)

Set a specific goal, then work towards it.1.

Then you can consider researching and finding something that meets your needs better.

If that is your plan then go do something else.

The returns would then be distributed to investors, who would declare them as income in the U.S. under their country’s tax laws.I run a flipping business in Europe, working with foreign investors, including Americans.

You should really do your research on rents and then place yours $25 - $50 below that.