Thank you again @Etienne Martel, @Tom Ott, @Matt Motil, @George Blower!

@Amit Kumar Like others on here have said, you may want to look in to turn key at least until you get some experience under your belt.

Looking at bringing in a private money lender or hard money lender for deal #3 now that I have some credibility under my belt.

Win-WinNow that you have this one under your belt, and before you are ready and capable of taking these down on your own, find another deal similar to this and before you find it, research strategies of how you can increase your profit through other alternative and creative means to wholesale it.For instance, rather thna double close the transaction and incur two escrow/title/recording fees, lock up the next contract in a trust and name your buyer as the beneficiary.

Mehran KamariI'm looking more to flipping and buy/old.While I have been in the IT field for the past 25 years, I have also completed a number of bathrooms, kitchens, and basements in my spare time, so I know my way around a tool belt. this will allow me to do a lot of the work myself in the beginning.

It sounds like you've got a ton of training under your belt, which is great.

When you have someone posting here with better than 30 years in the business and 1,000s of deals under their belt, it's a good idea to pay heed.

Better to take a belt sander and sand it down.

BP looks like a tool I need in my investors tool belt.

Unfortunately I'm out on the westcoast so I'm not seeing those rust belt type returns.