My strategy consists of buying with VA, occupy, IRRRL (free VA loan) and repeat.

Foundation issues can be serious and affect many other portions of the house.

It really only affects your property taxes. 

One way that has been repeated by wholesalers is to call when a for rent sign goes out. 

I'd really like to focus on how the mortgage would be different, because that would affect the cash flow, right?

Even though I am new to this industry, I work full time in Event Operations, so I have skills in creating and implementing systems to improve efficiency and repeatability, and working in an urgent and time sensitive environment with strict and important deadlines.  

How are local investors affected?

The other thing is condos have extra fees which will affect your bottom line. 

Is 2020 recession hapening and how will it affect the real estate prices ?

Any of these are potential red flags.Don't allow financing or a finance contingency (it can be a good indication they are selling above market value)Don't allow for your own independent property inspectionAre not realistic with their pro forma's (i.e. they don't include vacancy or maintenance projections or use unrealistically low vacancy factors)Require you to pay for any renovation upfrontSell only in cheap. low end neighborhoodsDon't accurately represent the neighborhood/property classificationDon't have consistent rehab standards for all propertiesDon't provide a scope of work for the propertyCan't provide references of repeat investorsRequire you to close before a tenant is in place