Aaron I believe his work is expensive primarily b/c his skilled labor costs are high, not because he's making a fat margin.  

Finding buyers is the least of your worries (Just go to every REI meeting you can in our area & you will have a list in no time), the key is finding MOTIVATED SELLERS.

OK - so I'm going to answer your question on the basis of one big fat assumption:You wish to give yourself the best possible chance at earning the best possible ROI that you can work out with reasonable assumptions about rents/cashflow/appreciation. 

I would suggest to keep learning everything you can in the RE world to stay motivated.

*Before you ask / wonder, yes, it's almost July, but I filed an extension and the check was just delivered today.I'm not yet active in REI, but I'm sure learning as much as I can -- in large part thanks to y'all on this forum -- so that I'm at least somewhat prepared for that first opportunity.My initial thought was to completely pay off my wife's 6.5% adjustable student loan.

So I have the following three tricks to offerFirst, place your bandit signs between municipalities whenever you can.  In

Plus a nice fat payout from doing it would be nice.

Give yourself as many options as you can in life.

My suggestion would be spend as much time as you can in this website to learn.As a newbie myself, it looks like ocean of information to be absorbed in BiggerPockets.

I love learning from others while giving back as much as I can in the process.Thanks so much!