Education is the key to real estate investing and to minimizing your mistakes.  

Get a lead certification A few questions on this - Since repairs are minimal and I hope to have it rented in 30 days do you know if I still need a "vacant" policy specifically? 

Is it flat out a bad idea (keep in mind that once this job ends we are 1099 again and won't be able to a loan for several more years, hence the urgency) or is the risk minimal that the lender would become aware of our filing status of rental property? 

Because it was easy to induce tenant/buyers into such arrangements (with a minimal down payment) and easy to evict them using the forcible detainer process if they defaulted.

I tried to keep good records/receipts up until now but I can't help but feel I am either missing deductions, or other ways to minimize taxes owed.I picked up the book Real estate tax secrets of the rick: big-time tax advantages of buying, selling and owning real estate by Sanford Botkin.

As someone who has operated a robust and successful wholesaling business for over 10 years, if your goal is to eventually fix and flip, might I suggest that instead of bearing the cost and frustration of attempting wholesaling, you become a bird dog for the dominant wholesaler in your market:  Your out-of-pocket is minimal; you will learn from someone who knows what he/she is doing; you'll learn a lot about the market; you'll avoid making a mistake that can get you called in front of your state real estate board; you'll get paid to do it!

Unfortunately I really had minimal response with this so it's kind of sat on the backburner.As for business integrations - I've had tons of luck anymore with Facebook Messenger.

I even saw one house with a polished wood floor that had dark spots.

I've also been living out of state and using a property manager with minimal issues..so the long distance landlord isn't really a concern either.

I could make a very minimal down payment on the new house and then use the cash flow each month from the land contract to pay down the mortgage on the new house, thereby using compound interest received to pay off compound interest on the new mortgage.