I would also recommend a good general contractor who has a good eye for things and is organized, I pay mine $100 to go look at the distressed property and take a walk through video and tell me what needs replacing such as subfloors, mechanicals, roof, ect.

1) Avoid Wasting time - (like pretending to do "research", or "organizing" or "reading up on investing";-) Do MAKE OFFERS!

Farm Credit is an organization that loans out on farms, but you would need that down payment. 

I started meeting with a realtor in my area weekly to help her with monthly mailers and organization.

If it is the church or some other organization signing on that doted line, make sure you are comfortable with it.

Once you select a state you can drill down ever deeper and find more info organized like these headings:COUNTY INFORMATIONCounty / Parish / BoroughState# of properties*Population 2015*APN Format*Example APN*WebsiteSeatYear OrganizedSquare Miles*People / SQML*Hope that helps!

Thanks for organizing!

@Jo Zhou Find and reach out to veteran organizations, I'm sure you can find someone to help out in those organizations.

From my perspective the ones I saw were SUPER organized...knew what they were looking at (so did I ...just from experience) and knew the lenders instructions.

For those looking for organic equity with mortgage payoff and ascending home values, St Joe is not for you.