Will just need to find a lender who is willing to work with you and find you the best financing package that will work for your situation. 

In your Purchase Offer, did you not request HOA docs package which should include By-Laws, Declaration, House Rules, Year End Financials, Current or upcoming Annual Budget and Reserves?

There are various options available for screening packages; tenant involvement/no tenant involvement, instant reports, hand-compiled reports, and even income verification.

Rental Property Management Book Bundle by Brandon Turner: With more than 800,000 copies sold of these two best-sellers, this package deal covers everything you need to buy a rental property and manage it yourself.

I think it would be great for everyone to fill out an introductory worksheet that describes what projects they're working on (or are interested in).We could compile these and distribute a package before our meet up.Then, when we actually meet, we can have an awesome brainstorming session and really help each other out?

So whether or not the individual members want to do an exchange or not, the partnership/syndicator can usually make that determination solely on it's own discretion.  

That's a great option and a hard package to pass up.

The did the course, and exam-prep package with the CE shop, and can recommend both.   

Here is a better overview: https://www.fhfa.gov/SupervisionRegulation/FannieM...The banks that originated the loan has already packaged and sold it, so no further involvement from them...and there are long-standing broker relationships from a few large firms that represent almost all FHA-insured foreclosures...there is more to this, but this is the general overview @Chris Garrett

They offer monthly packages and also one off finds.