Dont settle for a mediocre deal, be patent and find one that will make you the most money possible.

We both served in the Army (actually, that's where we met) and I'm currently a reservist and work as a patent examiner at the USPTO.  

I doubled majored in chemical engineering and biochemistry from UT Austin, I got a full ride law school scholarship and got a JD, and I practiced patent litigation law for a few years with a big white-shoe firm in NYC.

You're going to have ten years of looking over your shoulder because what you've done will be patently obvious to any investigator.

You should bring your GC (General Contractor) with you to the showing and have them look through and give you estimates for any disclosed or patent defects.You can also ask the seller if they will allow an inspection prior to any offer, most will deny, especially if they’re working with a listing agent.

If you have the basics down, have a decent process to identify leads, can comp, and estimate rehab, I'd say qualify your own leads, but if you aren't there yet, then perhaps CC for another wholesalers would help you grow in experience and confidence.It's better than paying some "trainer" thousands to teach some marketing matrix or their "patented formula."

If it isn't patently obvious, they'd plummet.

WE determined using our patent pending software that the extra lot coming with this home was buildable per city of Portland code.

I acquired my patents home when they moved into my grandparents house.

Hence,this reduce the profit margin2) The procedure of real estate investment is simple, it is the oldest investment in the world, there is no technological secert or patent or business barrier for it.