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!

Also stop by University Circle to see all of the culture we have to offer! 

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.

Get familiar using the Property Analysis Tools as a Pro Member and practice analyzing 50-100 properties to get confident in making it intuitive to know when I see a good deal.  

Unfortunately for the newer investor with limited funds, this means seller financing and/or mortgage assignments are the most practical way to go.