How can we find out about the tenants background if the tenants don't want to give previous landlord phone numbers or tenants have friends phone number and pretend they were the landlord.

I can't pretend to know your situation, but it sounds like you already know it's a bad idea, based on your goals.

Step 2: Begin to Wholesale, get familiar with hot areas, what is in demand and what actual numbers look like, do not pretend to go by some random book or calculator that has nothing to do with your market. 

Have some one call pretending she won a $100 gift certificate from a major store in a contest where another customer submitted her name in a "friend" draw. 

Call some neighboring listings and see what they are going for and how long they've been available, pretend to be a renter. 

I was able to get phone numbers of all involved and come to find out someone with my exact name pretended to be me and sell my houses 6 hours away from where they were located.

Let the tenants pay down the mortgage as interest rates are still low.Anytime you earn more money, the temptation is to increase your spending, but the best thing is to pretend that money never existed and continue to live as if your income was lower.

If you are going to look in the Indianapolis market I suggest that you ask the locals who actually work in this market, not someone who pretends to think they know whats going on. 

Pretend to be interested in 4, and tell her the only way you will get 5th is if price is 250k. 

Considering she has already seemingly had an investigation, you may want to cover yourself & at least pretend to give a damn about more than the money.