I write all of this to say that for anyone new to the community like I am there is a wealth of information just dive in the learning is fine!  

I typically write infrastructure reports for hospitals, writing one for a house is a lot easier. 

For me, I can do many of the functions that I am doing with real estate as an attorney anyways, however, access to the MLS for me is everything.

Write into your offer that your offer is subject to review of and acceptance of the HOA docs.

I would then put in writing that as preventative maintenance the dryer ducts be cleaned every 6 months or whatever is suggested from a duct company based on how the vents are set up.

We signed an operating agreement putting everything in writing.  

Immediately, after finding a list of properties for sale by an owner, I began looking at the tax records and saw that on many he was paid current, but a few he was 2 years behind.If I buy those, I would write into the contract that he would bring them current, or take that off the price of the house.Anyways, what else do I need to check for?  

If you haven't already, I'd recommend writing down your RE investing goals, making them specific enough to take action, and then go for it!

It's good to note that mortgage insurance is no longer a write off and was never as such for people who made more than 110k AGI anyway (it phased out from 100k to 110k AGI).When considering FHA you should consider that huge upfront MI and the monthly paid annual MI factor of .80-.85% as well.

They seem to be able to write everything that I send over to them.