I was also considering broadening my search to North Jersey, but I am unsure if I will need to change my contracts and tailor them to each set of state laws.

You don't want to over improve a brrrr. rough napkin math: 70k purchase price + 46k rehab = 116k all in160k sale price *.92 (8% cc) = 147k147k - 116k = 31k profitSeems like a decent deal if you can sell. 

As for Facebook, I have joined multiple groups and spend time searching marketplace but I have always wondered if I should be hesitant about reaching out to those people who are posting these homes.

Search for the top 10 properties in your market, review their current furnishings and see where your properties gaps are currently. 

In real estate, a huge part of the value we can create as flippers is tied up in the location, but it is also tied up in the improvements we put on that land.  

If they increase your limits, your dti will improve.

Relay that information to Title, advised to wait till after new search can be completed. 

Good points After doing research on septic systems I got a little nervous after falling victim to the Google search rabbit hole.

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