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!

Some of you may know about Councilman Kenyon McDuffie's Airbnb legislation to curb some business practices in the District of Columbia.

The tenant owns absolutely nothing until they exercise the option and close on the property.Otherwise, they are merely a renter and can be evicted like any other renter if they miss payments and break the rules laid out in the lease agreement.

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.

I've seen some nice properties come up in the Elizabeth area for example, but I'd have to do a ton of research to know if they were practical as a flip. 

Accordingly, we suggest that you contact an attorney licensed to practice law in Virginia if you believe a business entity may be exempt from the filing requirement.

They legally cannot deny a loan for a property in a given area, that is an illegal practice called redlining.