What should be my next step to narrow down and research?

Never worry about the spread on the first deal.

Trying to learn as much as I can and narrow down what market makes the most sense for me.

At the bare minimum that deposit has paid for the countless hours bidding out the job, and narrowing down a scope, etc... 

This will help narrow your Buy box and make your efforts more fruitful.  

Bad numbers and inexperienced people with thin spreads lose.  

Hey Saul, I would try to narrow the search down to 1-2 cities.

Thanks.Ive actually been interviewing CPAs myself and I have narrowed it down.

@Stuart Udis my thought was to spread the risk is why to partner.

I’ve used seller financing as both a buyer and a seller and it can make a lot of sense in certain circumstances (for example I used it as a buyer when I reached the maximum number of conventional loans I could get, and I’ve used it as a seller to both increase my net proceeds (due to collecting interest as “the bank” in addition to the sales proceeds) and to lessen my capital gains tax hit by spreading it out over a few years).