When I pointed out that they were listing and unlicensed vendor they said they would remove them and they did from the Dallas website but they kept them on their Houston website.

Most flippers loose money on their first few flips til they learn what they are doing.Buy and hold is a much more forgiving strategy.

I partially jumped in to just keep busy until i figured things out, partially to scratch that itch of REI as maybe I'd get a step closer to doing, either way nothing to loose.

Very rare grandma is getting kicked out of her pristine house when she is down on her luck and loosing all her equity. 

Are there underground utilities to be removed? 

Other items: remove pine tree.

I am aiming for a home between 150-250k, which i can afford if all hell breaks loose, at a 5% conventional 30 year term loan (unless a lender or someone else can suggest me a better loan) My question is what are the minimum requirements for obtaining such a home (capital wise, credit score wise, salary wise) Who can i specifically talk to for these numbers and help me understand tenant demand, areas, and more specific information about my market?

Don't loose it for $5000

Cash Investors loosing deals to families with preapproval.

In my market, JADUs are regularly being removed when selling a property to achieve top price even though they can generate income.