Before buying, you should always have a good sense for the rental rate and the three renters should be able to cover the mortgage as well as your cash reserves for repairs/capex.Another thing you will have to find is an agent who is willing to work with investors, and that often means submitting many many offers that are considerably below list price.

That's true most of the time as standard lending terms won't allow it, but you can negotiate having the lender offer release provisions in the loan documents that would allow to sell one or more properties in a blanket loan. 2.

I had my lawyer draw up a tenant contract as well but it looked like a legal document and feel like it would scare away tenants.  

I have documented our experiences in the investor deal Diaries forum under the name project BP.

You need to read the documents.

It's an electronic document, I can only click on the line to sign my name.  

"Whitehall condo dispute costing taxpayers money"http://www.wptv.com/money/consumer/whitehall-condo...Fair Housing Lawsuit against Florida HOA https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-...Oh and in Florida as a Board Member you have to be "Certified" which is suppose to educate members on the Governing documents, Federal and State Laws, meetings and budget preparation.The problem is that a board member can still interrupt the Governing Docs, and Rules how they see fit. 

I submitted 3 different contracts on 3 different properties but only 1 offer was accepted.

You need to make sure your documents speak to a brokerage account. 

I use a loan document company to adhere to the Trid regulations.