I've mainly been looking in the Asheville area BUT at the CREIA meeting I heard alot of folks talking about other areas like woodfin/Hendersonville/waynesville etc... so I could be interested in those but I'd need to educate myself a bit more on those markets before diving inI've reached to to a handful of agents using the "Find an Agent tool" here on Bigger Pockets but would love to hear if anyone has any recommendations on investor friendly agents that work well with rookiesAlso if you're a rookie (or really anyone) and would like to meet up and talk shop I'd love to!

No longer a "want to" but a "have to".  To

The name of the game to to renovate the property and then sell it as fast as possible.

I have about 15k saved up that I can use for the purchase, but I don't want to spend too much and have to to work long hours to afford a house, thus sacrificing time with my kids.

I need $1MM any advice on who I can talk to to make this deal happen?

A home equity loan may get you some lenders who may be willing to take a loot.Hard money loans are generally interest only during the loan during and then need to to be paid in full at the end of the loan period.

I have never really had to to do any marketing in the past except a little direct mail to find deals but understand the need to adapt to the ever changing playing field.

Tony Osborne,I am not trying to insult you in anyway.I am also new to investing and as a fellow newbie I must tell you that you need to spend time with a practicing wholesaler and learn the job throughly before attempting to get other people involved in a potential deal.You need to learn to build a list of firm cash buyers that can buy your contracts quickly and pay you cash immediately upon assignment.You also need to to learn how to do double closings,deal with real estate agents without them getting in the way,write contacts that are legal and assignable to others and with exit clauses to keep you out of financial trouble,etc.You can't really learn all that from a book or website.You need a teacher who can take you by the hand and shows you step by step how it's done.

Assuming you don't plan to to that, however, the cost of those items has to be factored into what you are paying for the home. 

@Patrick M. this is what I was responding to"To top it off, let's compare the credentials and efforts of your single mom who got pregnant at 16 and dropped out of high school and is now 30 and works at Target to a typical landlord...me..."