The attorney review period was entirely foreign. 

I used yelp and it yields few businesses whose reviews are few to none to really help me make a decision.

Once your team is set, you can start reviewing properties and putting in offers.

ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_shareBoth books encouraged getting involved in communities like this one.I can be pretty technical so I’m recreating some of these rental income calculators in excel to help get my feet wet just playing around with potential properties.But my plan at the moment is to meet people, find people like property managers, CPA etc. and just to overload myself with information.I have the older book you mention in my amazon cart now, many of the reviews seem to agree that it is a good reference.And also where I live (on the border of Boca Raton Florida) almost everything has HOAs.

Managing the manager is definitely not a 100% passive thing, and if you can trade those 10 houses for 10 apartments then you only need to have one conversation with your PM, review one set of books, do one tax return, etc.

Talk to other investors or search for reviews.

A title company/real estate litigator could review all the documentation and determine that the statute of limitation has run and no lawsuit can be legally filed by the previous Owner against the current Owner.I also agree with Mary Mitchell. 

We didn't have attorney review and moved on to closure.

Angelica, I think you just need to research the agent to see if they have any reviews or see how many deals they have done. 

You can go to the SEC's website (link below) and review their definition of an accredited investor.