The lender will be interested in your experience managing properties - or that of your hired management - and will examine your own financial strength to demonstrate you have some acumen and are not a fiscal basket case.  

Also, flipping can be seen more as a full time job, so you might want to figure out how you can turn the fruits of the flip into holds that gradually create free time.A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.

Here are some things that we feel set us apart from our competitors:We provide dreams and piece-of-mind for owners and tenant • N.A.R.P.M. president and national award winner • Amount of real estate managed $32,000,000+ • 7 point guarantee or “NO” management fee Certified Property Manager on staff Over 35 years of on hand real management experience• Member of Better Business Bureau with “A” Rating• Highly sought after for Workshops and Informational Video BlogsInvestor Investor analysis video for property going to purchase • Free one-on-one sit down an investor plan • Welcome Gift Operation We get you line item bids for your make ready and do not charge you for the bids • Walk property once per week when vacant• 150-200 move in / out pictures and video • 2% eviction rate - even if other agent leases prop we do background check Average vacant days -14-19 days• Rent collection over 90%• Average Vacancy Rate – 8%• Days to complete a Make-Ready – 48 – 72 Hours TenantWe have a 24 hour maintenance hotline with a professional always answering the phone • 24 / 7 Online portal accessLeasing We list your property on multiple websites for real estate to get your property leased is quickly as possible • Provide tenants with welcome basket and review lease terms• Licensed Leasing Agents • Great Screening Process Drive-By Textology 

This all created some good discussion between my business partner and me, and was fruitful.

This will help you learn as well as meet more of the people that might make up your team and most importantly other investors that will help you learn the ropes and buy/sell your deals.After getting your feet wet here you should start doing things like:- Getting your business setup- Getting a website setup- Come up with a marketing plan to find off market stuff (Since MLS is not as fruitful as it was the last few years anymore, in most areas)- Find other sources of financing (Personal and business lines of credit, private investors etc.)- If your intention is to Rehab start getting contractor and tradesmen references and make contract to see if they will be worth having look at a job when you get something.Lots more stuff but this should get you busy for a little while

We don’t want to put all our eggs in one basket.4.

Learn residential and move up, is a good way to go.I'd also suggest not putting all your eggs in one basket starting off.Good luck...

If this offer doesn't prove to be fruitful I may not go down the brokerage path because the ramp up time could be too long and put my investment goals on hold.

If that doesn't work you can graduate to other avenues allowing the seller to pick more fruit. 

A lot of big boys including hedge funds, vulture funds, pension funds and rich out of town investors got seriously involved from 2011 onwards and basically took all the low hanging fruit the rest of us enjoyed during the peak crisis days.