My recommendation would be to get into the local REIA AZREIA.org they are one of the best in the country and you can learn tons and meet seem great contacts.I have looked at some of the 'flips' in scottsdale and in my opinion many of them are Subpar so if you produce a superior product than I would imagine that as long as you can find the right deal you will not have any problems.  

Or do you believe there is enough information on the web to build a reliable template?

It produces 6% return.

I am with Evergreen Note Servicing, we specialize in Seller Finance collections, are licensed in TX, have a fantastic 24/7 web platform that generates investor reports as well as an investor services group that works with our TX properties investors.Good luck with your plan and I hope to hear from you with questions or how we can help you with your properties.

David Gonzalez Check the county assessors web site, you should be able to search the address and find the ownership information.

Doing this, you *might* be able to find a few properties that will produce the cash flow you are looking for. - Option B is a little more farsighted, and a little less "analysis" based.

@Jeff Thompsonwhen you sell investment owned by the IRA - the gains are sheltered from taxes (because IRA is tax-deferred vehicle) and when IRA-owned investment produce income or cash-flow - it must flow into the IRA and also will be sheltered from taxes (unless the income is unrelated business taxable income). 

I am interested in learning how to either flip houses or invest in property to produce long-term income now, so that when I finish graduate school my wife and I can best invest our income early on. 

I have finished all of the courses and tests to become a licensed real estate agent but have not currently found a broker.The last thing I wanted to mention is that I hope to own 10-20 income producing properties in the next 10 years.

It also allows me to take bookings directly from my website and has integration with Pricelabs for my web widgets and will coordinate them with VRBO and BDC if I choose to go back to those in the future.