I can offer better advice if I know this piece of the puzzle. 

Your team is normally the biggest piece of the puzzle.

After visiting ID I created a team to get a in depth analysis on the area, this was the final needed piece to the puzzle.

This will dictate where you purchase and look for properties based on that number alone.My point is that you always start with the end in mind and work it backwards, this creates the strategy (Buy and hold, flip, Wholesale, Notes) which will be driven by the tactic (SFR, MFR, Mobile homes, Short term rental etc) I always coach people and explain that the property is actually the last piece of the puzzle not the first.Hope this helps

This will dictate where you purchase and look for properties based on that number alone.My point is that you always start with the end in mind and work it backwards, this creates the strategy (Buy and hold, flip, Wholesale, Notes) which will be driven by the tactic (SFR, MFR, Mobile homes, Short term rental etc) I always coach people and explain that the property is actually the last piece of the puzzle not the first.Hope this helps

I'm sure it can be different for every situation but an example would be nice to start filling out the puzzle in my head :)- I'm sure this is a very easy question but being so new to real estate I'm not quite sure how this all works: With all the contracts that are involved in real estate including the purchase of sales agreement, where do you put these contracts to keep them safe and binding?

The last piece of the puzzle is to start a semi-passive income stream.

At that moment, with a puzzled look on his face, Gary asked me why flipping shows on TV focus entirely on rehab.

This will dictate where you purchase and look for properties based on that number alone.My point is that you always start with the end in mind and work it backwards, this creates the strategy (Buy and hold, flip, Wholesale, Notes) which will be driven by the tactic (SFR, MFR, Mobile homes, Short term rental etc) I always coach people and explain that the property is actually the last piece of the puzzle not the first.Hope this helps

Unless there is another piece to the puzzle that we are missing, sellers almost always prefer cash with a quick close and it will always be considered the strongest offer as long as the price and contingencies are right.