THIS IS WAY TOO LONG. this document is critical to a wholesale investor because it is what protects us from any dishonest sellers/buyers cutting us out of a deal. i do not want to know what it feels like to lose money on a deal just because i couldnt get this figured out. 

In spite of what anyone says, those who loan their own money will always be the most critical of you and your deal.

I suppose the first order of business is going to be to get good at analyzing deals in the market and have someone more experienced review them to make sure I'm not making critical mistakes in underwriting.

I hope you find a solid GC to move forward with this project but I will say that will be critical to pulling this off. 

The one I like though is and I think you and I agree on this.. but buying at or close to the median price point of a given MSA to me is a critical for out of area.. just gives you a leg up on quality assets and generally speaking a mixture of owner occ and rentals in the area instead of 100% rentals or high % rentals.. and of course buying 50% under the Median is inviting high risk for out of state folks..  

That "putting money away" (at least 20% of your income) is a critical part of becoming financially secure.

A good legal and financial team will be critical in helping you accomplish this.Cheers!

A critical item is title insurance, which may be difficult to get after a tax foreclosure. 

It goes into depth at explaining how ARMs work and how each borrower must be educated on them to ensure they know what they are getting into.Here is a link to the CHARM BookletIf the lender you are speaking with isn't disclosing this to you, I'd read the booklet and drill them on these very critical points of the loan and probably ask yourself if this is the lender you should go with...Cheers!

I'm not sure what information from the comps is critical and what's superficial.