He has a book and good, practical advice.2. 

Section 8 guarantees part of the rent, which is great for income stability, but the building will have regular inspections to meet Housing Quality Standards (HQS).

any advice on paying mortgage off or faster With a standard mortgage, your monthly payment will remain the same for the life of the loan.

also curious if its best practices when assuming a loan to forgo the escrow and just pay the taxes and ins out of pocket when needed....but perhaps that triggers something else? 

The standard process is already long enough, add on the scope of things and that's some significant time.

Doesn’t meet Green standards.  

It drives me crazy when I hear these stories preventive maintenance is what should be practiced and discussing all avenues of the deal and the borrowers docs in advance.   

Maintain good business practices an carry a decent insurance company.

(This is in addition to all the standard stuff you will read and/or that your broker is telling you. 80% of agents fail in their first two years, I'm sure there is a correlation between the other 20% & 70 hour work weeks early on.)

Best practice is to ask them if they consider hard money cash.