I was quoted about $6k to $10k depending on what what products/packages that included what I was looking for.

Also, someone with real estate investing experience can probably help you shop for loan products that could be more flexible on the owner occupancy requirements so that you can scale at whatever pace you want. 

The best wholesaler and the ones who run it like a business, usually start as productive home buyers.

Or that they’ll be able to use a highly sophisticated technique that can really only successfully be utilized when all the stars align and in circumstances that occur irregularly and need to be recognized as such, always by an experienced real estate investor.  

Home was flipped and I buy the product they sold.

The area among several others is more than capable - the finish product is far more important once you’ve picked an area that’s proven to perform.I’ve bought 25+ for me and clients in the last 18 months and manage 15+.  

There is a product called “transactional funding” for this purpose.

For a farmer's products to be certified organic, there are all kinds of hoops to jump through.

Biggerpockets recently came out with a book on real estate strategy.You may want to give it a read.State with Strategy by Dave Meyer - https://store.biggerpockets.com/products/start-with-strategy

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