I have read many discussions of no money down transactions, I understand the pitfalls, the non sense the gurus try to sell, and I also understand that there are endless ways to try to go about achieving "$0 down" financing.

Of course you could also work with a note broker to extend the note, sell it, get the owners/heirs paid and maintain your financing.If when the balloon comes due they still want monthly payments you can renegotiate for more favorable terms on the note, interest rate, amortization period, cross collateralization, the possibilities are endless.

Your suppliers can get you samples Never send them to the store they will inevitably pick something back ordered that will delay your job or not be able to decide with the endless selection.  

Hey BP, After 6 months of getting beaten up by cash paying investors, 2 realtors, and endless hours of research, I was finally able to locate and secure a property which we closed on yesterday. 

It's always an endless set of surprises.

I am doing research and there seems to be a endless amount of information and I'm not exactly sure where to start.Just some background.

Having said that:As Bill observed, I do have 2 decades of construction experience but very little knowledge of the endless constellations of legal minutiae.

My flipping education is limited; I joined INREIA last month and attended my first meeting, I'm pouring through all the recommended REI books, listen to endless podcasts, and of course read on BP daily.

I've been researching endlessly, but there is one question I can not seem to find an answer to.

You might beable to buy 1 or 2 but you would be able to make a business out of it unless you had endless source of capital.