I suggest looking up your state board's P&G as it pertains to compensation to educate yourself & using a brokerage that is investor friendly.

I have a question pertaining to water bill payment and responsibility.  

I'm not considering this however I was just curious as to feedback since I did a search in the forums and found nothing pertaining specifically to this.

There are many other areas of law that pertain to lending, there is, to mention a few, the SEC, the CPFB, the FTC, Homeland Security, Money Laundering (FBI), HUD, Treasury Dept., and even Postal Inspectors can come into the picture if there is a violation and the postal system was involved.

I heard that a seller side only hub would make it to where to the seller can't see anything but what pertains to them.

I have not spoken with him yet, but his notes were very positive about your plans for investing and he indicated that you had quite a number of questions especially as they pertain to property management.  

Once you figure out the answers to these two questions, you can start to narrow down what markets make sense for you based on the FRED economic data: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/Pls, can you explain with a practical analogy, how someone can use the FRED economic data to streamline their decision pertaining to what markets will make sense.

It seems that the primary risk pertains to the "Due on Sale" clause rather than concerns about mortgage fraud.

Written by attorney investors, it's full of practical advice pertaining to management of investment property, has sample forms that can be edited, and - most importantly - they tell you what your primary state laws are and where you can read them.

Some people think it falls under "Familial Status" but that only pertains to people with children and also pregnant women.