Wow! This thread is proving very interesting (and educational)! My wife and I, too, are in the learning phase. I'll be picking up the Flipping Houses book and hopefully locating some good legal resources and title companies.
At some point, we, like @Zamir Kazi, will be going to watch the Tax Deed Auctions. I've been looking at the available listings (this is difficult, because they only have the Parcel Number, and you have to put that into the Appraiser site to get an address and details on the property), and we plan to do a "sim". We'll pick some properties, guestimate what we are willing to pay, and then go pretend to do it. When we get comfortable, we'll then do it for real, and the ball will be rolling.
I am thoroughly amazed at the levels of support this community provides to newbies. I appreciate it all. And it says a lot about how you feel about what you are doing!
