BUT if I want to do heart surgery myself, I better educate and practice A LOT before doing heart surgery!

There seems to be ambiguity as to whether this is needed for a 1 year lease, or a greater than 1 year lease. http://starfieldsmith.com/article/best-practices-f...

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.  

@Jeffrey Haapapuro, , It sounds like you had a simultaneous closing.

Yes, I understand that renting a home gives you zero opportunity to take advantage of leverage, taxes, etc, but you can simultaneously take advantage of those same benefits in a different market by purchasing a home where you know you will have positive cash flow.

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!