The trick is being able to divine amongst shades of grey and isolate the ones that are a good risk from those that are not.

Looking forward to your tips and tricks

I don't have the hand steadiness for cutting in, and the blue or green tape never seems to seal 100%, so I found a trick that has worked very well for me.

I learned this little trick when a tenant got renters insurance, sent me a certificate of insurance, then was canceled for non payment.

That being said, the trick is how to find the right one. 

But besides somewhat blindly purchasing my first house I'm pretty much clueless here :)I'm looking for any tips, tricks, advice, incredible threads in the forum that I can use to further research the space.

I am not tricking people into renting my place and then trying to be a "fun police".  

Which is why you're allowed to write off its entire cost, either through regular slow depreciation or through Section 179/Bonus depreciation trick.

The seller says they were tricked into selling (how do you control this one?

What is your tolerance for the lender calling the loan due, an irate seller who comes back at you a couple of years after you buy (saying you cheated them or tricked them), being sued by various people and entities, an economy downturn and you stop making the payments, and so on?