We plan to be ready for our first flip in January 2014.My question is in the title - Am I missing any "core team members?"

Creative financing has risk, most notably the due on sale clause, which is the core of these lessons.

Hello BP Community, I have been studying wholesaling for awhile now and pretty much have the core principles down packed.

If I were to put up 100% of the money to purchase a small multi - say 200K for a 4 unit and another 50K for rehab you would need to make an exceptionally compelling case of why I need you in the picture at all.

I'm compelled to use a plumber that the owners used for new construction projects they've done in the past.

By way of background, my core investing strategy is buy and hold.

A bit of doom and gloom for 2014, but the author makes some very compelling points:http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-02-03/guest-post-warped-distorted-manipulated-flipped-housing-marketIt also discusses the rise in flipping and cash real estate transactions.Like others have said, if you buy low and hold it's hard to lose money; plus real assets are far better than paper when things start to slip =)

There are some good REIA meetups in Columbus...my favorite is the COREE group, and their monthly meeting is actually Tuesday next week if you are interested in checking it out.

This is also a few towns away from my core area. 

Just come up with something that makes it easy for them to be understanding of your compelling reason to ask for it.