Each person has their personal "flavor" that they like, so take a middle road and see which way you prefer.

Welcome Joseph - nice to have more Las Vegas flavor added to BP Nation!!

Birddog - to get some fast cash to fund my venture, although it seems I am doing just as much work here as wholesaling anyway, and am no stranger to signing contracts2. wholesale - same as #13. buy and hold - while that might take two forms, I ultimately want cash flow.I said two forms because it seems buy and hold comes in 2 flavors: rehabbers; those who are allergic to rehabbing.

I try to start out slowly in a forum until I get a good understanding of the flavor of the site and the site policies.

A preferred return is one of many different flavors of profits offered by syndicators. 

Welcome aboard the vibrant BP community.

Both have vibrant and diverse economies and demographics.

In general you are going to be 20-25% down on the purchase price and rehab costs (100k purchase + 30k rehab) your out of pocket: $32,500  plus 12 percent and a couple of points.Seattle has a Vibrant and very active rehabbing community and Real Estate Investing groups. 

I will start by expressing my respect and admiration for the vibrant community of investors helping one another for the mutual benefit of all here at BiggerPockets.

Kristine Marie Poe are offering some sage advice here about the various "flavors" of "distress".I found my own property by marketing for it.