Of course, I really didn't want to get cashed out so I was not disappointed. however, in the future I do want to be cashed out at a higher percentage and would like to know best practices for ensuring this happens.Here are my questions:1.

I see you're from Manchester NH, will you be practicing in both states?

Every bank has different terms, rules, closing costs, down payment requirements, relationship practices, products, and etc.  

Do you have any "practice exercises" you would suggest so that one can get really comfortable analyzing and running numbers?

Is it common practice for an investor to have the seller's mortgage company forward the account's info and coupons to the investor? 

Example: if some said these are bad deals, I'd like to try on my own to figure out why.This is more like practice for me and I'd love some help!

Some of you may know about Councilman Kenyon McDuffie's Airbnb legislation to curb some business practices in the District of Columbia.

But what I've been reading is that while it may be a common practice, under Dodd-frank a tenant could successfully sue you for charging them for the repairs as as a landlord/owner it's supposed to be your responsibility.

Mortgage lending still looks solid to me ... if you want to see unsound lending practices that are about to run aground, look into auto loans:http://www.valuewalk.com/2017/04/auto-subprime-loa...

I believe this is a superior strategy and what tends to separate the professional investors from the amateur newbie wannabe investors ... it is important in any market, but getting back to the OP's original topic, it simply is not practically possible/probable to pull this type of strategy off as a novice investor going out of state to a market you are not familiar with and will be 100% dependent on the kindness of strangers acting in your best financial interest to make or break your investment for you.