These are common (and expected) documents requested during due diligence. 

If anyone is familiar with massachusetts, the areas vary widely- cape cod, new bedford, taunton, south shore, and of course boston itself (out of my league d/t price) are all much different in price/rent ratio, schools, crime, etc... what are the things that matter most to you and influence your decisions when looking into different markets?

And when possible, am getting a huge interest rate like 5-6%, is that expected?

End of the month is coming up: Should I expect tenants to pay rent while  staying in a hotel?

You will need to do your own due diligence when figuring income and expenses and should get what is expected off of that.In Wichita we haven’t had a commercial information exchange (CIE - the commercial version of an MLS) so loopnet and broker to broker info exchange is how business has been done.

Home buyers are bat s**t crazy in a market like now.

List t at what you’d like to get and see what the interest is.

Hopefully you find one sooner but it will frame your expectations the right way to avoid getting discouraged in month 6 especially in a hot investment market like today.Real estate is a long-term wealth game and it pays to be patient.

I don't know your market to know potential purchase prices, rental rates, your DTI for loan qualification purposes, what would qualify as an upgrade in your market for VA loan purposes, vacancy rates and expected maintenance costs in your market, etc. 

That being said, it could make more sense to you to buy for low to moderate cash flow but strong appreciation, versus the other way around.If you want buy and hold rentals, I’m hoping your idea isn’t to tie up all your cash in ONE property, but rather to get your own traditional investment loan or creative financing from sellers.Another consideration is many speculate we could be nearing the top of a real estate market cycle, with a dip in home values expected when you could pick up some better deals.