The online tools are a good way to get a ballpark number and can sometimes be close to accurate, but a PM is able to tell you a more accurate amount. 

I didn’t know anyone in Alabama, so I called a few agents I found online and ended up picking one from BiggerPockets.

Learn and Network:Learn as much as you can about house flipping by using online resources, books, or courses.

Often pretty quickly....see something online at 1pm and I'm meeting you there at 2pm to see if we can lock it up before someone else did. 

Sometimes you get lucky.You could even bring up the subject of seller financing (search online for ideas of how to structure a seller financed offer), and make sure a competent real estate attorney helps write the offer documents (if it gets that far). 

You can also check their reviews online at Google, Facebook, or Yelp.

There are several courses online, but before paying a dime it would be helpful to watch the several videos on YOUTUBE on giving prompts.

The counties themselves take 2-4 weeks to record a document online.

These specialized companies, easily found online or here, will create your company’s SD 401(k) plan.

An instructor can make it better, but most are online now anyway.