It can also work if you're planning to do an option, assignment, or double closing, because you're not taking on the risk of holding the property for an extended period, but if things continue slowing down (thank you, high interest rates), you'll want to be very careful about how much you're offering, especially if you stick to the straight flipping model, where you take title to the property and don't make any improvements to force appreciation.

I recently paid Zillow $30 to keep my add nearer to the top of the search.

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After no luck with the realtor after 8 months of the same thing over and over again - I lost a bit of motivation and just stopped searching Zillow for hours a day. 

Go on Airbnb, search the top listings near by, and see who manages them.

I did another search and there is no lien filed on the property recorded with the county. 

Focus on getting your first property, reducing expenses, improving the property, and saving money by earning more. 

@Orlando Glez-JorgePlenty of lenders will lend on this - if you go to Facebook and search for lenders with 100% financing with financing spelled incorrectly, they say they lend at 3% and loan amounts from $5,000 - $50,000,000These lenders will approve you all day long, then have you send them $5,000 upfront.

Improvement exchanges are a little more tricky so if you can structure the exchange where all of your equity + debt reinvestment can be dumped in at one time, you'll be able to do a forward exchange instead of an improvement exchange and it will save you on 1031 exchange fees. 

The search function here  will help you a lot.