For instance, one individual used their “old landlord” as a reference.... come to find out it was the guys brother.

Sometimes groups can have more synergy than an individual as the members tend to encourage and push each other a bit. 

My questions: are properties like this (where you have many single tenants are on individual leases) harder to sell? 

Even so, you need to follow the rules for Section 8 too, which you can find out from the Longview Housing Authority.

I recommend setting up keyword alerts for each area as they are discussed in the forums daily with advertisements posted in the BiggerPockets marketplace hourly.One thing to note when looking at the individual markets, you can make or loose money in any market.

@May Emery I was doing direct mail for High equity in my area but I learned that my area has relatively well educated higher net worth individuals who don't sell at discounts.  

One suicide, one fell and hit her head on a case of canned cat food and bled to death, and one died of natural causes.Your application and/or lease agreement should have contact information of someone authorized to remove their belongings in the case of death or incarceration (this has happened).

I was pleasantly surprised to stumble across BP.com, and all it has to offer not only new investors, but seasoned individuals as well.

On the limit that HUD places on the number of deals you can do as an individual:  is it 10 transactions or 10 units? 

EXCEPT  when it comes to State information, use OnlineEd. the dummies application covers federal law, but they don't cover the few individual state laws, but they will direct you in their sections to look up your state law regarding specific items.