Learn and Network:Learn as much as you can about house flipping by using online resources, books, or courses.

Can't find much online....  

They put alot of the meetings online as well with information that comes from them.

Stop hanging out with your deadbeat buddies who spend all day drinking, talking sports, and otherwise wasting away.

The auction is online only.

From what I remember, and what I'm reading online right now, electric heat can cost 3x as much as natural gas.

I work for a building materials company now and took their online game from Zero to very engaged in the past few years and it's been really fun.

In terms of deal flow I would reach out to a couple of wholesalers, agents and join some local investor groups either on Facebook or online local community to start.

Here's a list of things to track:- Formal lease application- Formal signed and executed lease specific to your state- Payment history (I recommend using online rent collection like Apartments.com, RentRedi, etc)- Maintenance requests and receipts- Accounting for all rental-related expenses (repairs, utilities, etc) The more you treat it like a business, the more helpful you are to your CPA come tax time. 

The MN statutes are all readily available online, and will be easily found via a google search.