I am not ready to buy yet and definitely still edacting myself before taking the plunge.

@Luis FernandezYou might want to take a deep breath before you plunge in with your $100k unless you have many $100ks behind that one.  

Hello friends and family, i am looking for a real estate agent i can work with for the Denton county and Collin county areas here in Texas, does anyone have a good recommendation? Please feel free to tag them on this ...

Apologies in advance that this is so long.Backstory:I’ve been researching and learning about real estate wholesaling (listening to BP Podcasts, listening to Flip2Freedom Podcasts, etc.) for the last year and finally took the plunge and launched my business in January of this year by creating an LLC, starting a buying and selling website, and am in the process of figuring out a CRM (going to use the Enterprise paid version of ZOHO).I purchased an Absentee Owners list from list source (40%-100% Equity, Last Market Sales Date 2010 and older, etc.) for my target market (which is about two hour’s away drive time) and came up with about 2,000 names.

This is the same type of thinking that people use to scare wanna be landlords, "You want to be plunging toilets at 4am?!!" 

Thanks in advance for any advice.Sean, great decision to take the plunge, not familiar with Maryland, however, most of the recommendations should hold true no matter where you are in the country.Here are a few pointers:1) Use an experienced 203k lender, not someone that has done (1) or (2) just google 203k lender for your immediate area, call (3) get best rate, listen to experience pick (1)2) Its all about value, in some cases you can go 110% of appraised value, giving you more money for your renovation if you need it, depends on your situation and market.

isuf - congratulation on taking the plunge and I hope you success in your first property!  

Doesn't know how to plunge toilet. etc... you just have to work through it.

Long time listener of BiggerPockets - finally decided to take the plunge and ask for feedback & analysis on the transaction below.

I'm at the stage where I'm still considering taking the plunge and honestly I'm depending on a BP mentor that I've met on here to decipher any deals for me.