Water,Sewer, Garbage are charged to the tenant in the lot rent price.

Could have 'Barney Fife' in charge of that $300/mo HOA.  

My girlfriend and I are looking to move into a rental apartment next month, and I want to ensure that I tick all the right boxes in the application.

Just got a letter from HOA wanting $250.00 for ONLY non resident owners.  They also want  a copy of lease with a rider of HOA rules and contact info for all occupants, from every investor.   Fines are 500/week for not...

Each application gets a discard, accept, or put in holding pattern status based on total points.  

They provide the service pretty much as what you described: find list of properties to be foreclosed, drive the properties and take photos, run preliminary title search to identify other liens, crunch numbers and go over the properties with investors prior to auction.They don't charge anything upfront until you win the bid on the auction.

Real Estate Salesperson:In order to qualify for licensure as a real estate salesperson, an applicant must have satisfactorily completed a 75-hour salesperson qualifying education course in real estate approved by the Secretary of State, and have passed a qualifying examination administered by the Department of State.

I suggest driving around any town you may be interested in investing with and then reaching out to a realtor who works in those areas to learn more about the market(s).New Haven and West Haven offer a great selection of properties, are near several universities and can make investors money and can get quality tenants if your application guidelines target quality over quantity.

If they had only 10% economic vacancy while charging that rent and NOI came out at $1,078K it only leaves  $1.1-1.2M for expenses or ~$3000/unit.

You file for eviction as soon as it's legally allowed, which is probably as soon as it's late.Also, you need to ensure that there isn't a maximum late fee you can charge.