I have a few connections with rehabber and flippers, and I'm starting to understand what constitutes a good deal with them, but I have really no experience with builders/developers.

They will help you understand what constitutes a good deal so that when the time comes it will have a good chance of getting funded by someone like me.

Brokering without a license is illegal in most states and locking up a contract, advertising said contract and home for sale publicly constitutes brokering without a license.

Failure to do so would constitute legal action against them in most cases by the purchaser no matter if agents were involved or not.

The lease and property code will outline was constitutes abandonment or surrender. 

Cash-on-Cash: form accounting standpoint, refinance reduces your cash in the deal, so future income constitutes a higher percentage of the remaining cash.

I'm not worried about the homeowner themselves, if they want to breath in asbestos, that's on them, I was more concerned with the disposal and the neighbors too.I have had asbestos siding removed several times here in CA and I will have to disagree with you on the danger levels of the asbestos as I have seen the test results first hand and they constituted a danger to anyone breathing it once airborne, which is why we are required to have it tested and if it comes back hot, it must be removed by a licensed professional with all the proper equipment and then properly disposed of.I agree that government agencies and their intervention are often overbearing and over necessary at times, but with hazardous materials, I am all for protecting our earth and the people and animals who live here. 

Anything purely domestically like a NV Asset Protection Trust can never get away from a judges actual authority or the US Constitution Full Faith and Credit Clause.

That constitutes brokering without a license and in many states, can be punishable by fines or even jail.There are legal ways to wholesale and illegal ways to wholesale, many new wholesalers do it illegally and as such, the “legal hurdle” I referenced.Wholesalers will also tell you that they provide a valuable service, however, the argument to that is in order for them to have enough spread for both their end buyer and their wholesale fee, they must convince a seller to sell well below market value.

It seems like one's best bet is to preempt any property going to market by going straight to a potential lead since most of the bigger investors have their fingers on the pulse of the MLS through their network of realtors and will quickly snatch up any property that could potentially cash flow or constitute as a "cheaper" single-family residence.