Never touch a Historically designated home and if the numbers do not work you walk.I seriously doubt if you are inexperienced in flipping that you will do better than a GC quote assuming your quote is fair and reliable. 

Even though I've worked within many parts of the industry, there's still so many areas I haven't touched so not sure I could speak to them.That being said, speaking from experience as someone who worked their way up the SFR route with fix and flips, buy and holds, and other creative financing strategies, here's who you might want to know: - Wholesaler/bird-dogs (or somebody who finds deals for you)- Investor Friendly Mortgage Lenders (for financing)- Investors in the areas you want to buy in.

I wouldn't touch cross-collateralization/blanket loans. 

The brother in jail is still in touch with the woman and won't the sign the property over if it means his ex is kicked out.

Yes, get prequalified, but shop and stay in touch with your bankers.

Welcome to another fellow NY'er feel free to stay in touch and keep the network alive and good luck on your investments 

I will definitely be in touch with you along my journey.

Many times it's for the simple fact that there are too many people touching a file, and it gets lost in the cracks.However, I can't accept your comments that this is a clean and clear system, or we wouldn't have just had one of the biggest lending and finance crashes in history just recently behind us. 

:-) I completely understand your thought on the personal touch you are approaching this with and on the point of the shipping addresses, do you have the addresses in a spreadsheet?

Even so, 125K hurts.Bitcoin, and the runup has been pretty crazy~awesome, but I wouldn't touch it, personally.