I am definitely dedicated to learning all I can in this field, so I will feel intellectually involved with the purchases and can make correct decisions (I am sure much of this comes with experience). 

Hi Kim,The house is screaming for a proper proper porch/entry with a portico... it would completely transform the front facade and give the house some much-needed curb appeal.That said, with your extremely limited budget, the next best solution would be build a MUCH bigger wood porch over the existing one (no demo cost, and it's below the entry treshold) that extends a few feet farther into the yard from the house, and if you can afford it, to the far right small window.Either way, build two simple fat columns at the corners of the porch that would be about a foot higher than the railing, and positioned just outside the two smaller windows flanking the entry door.Then, paint the entry door a deep, very rich burgundy.It probably would exceed your super-tight budget, but would absolutely be worth the investment.

Then once a month watch as you get a big fat rental deposit go into your account.

If you can deduct rent from the security deposit (IDK if you can in PA or not), then you would owe the first half month to the former owner.

You have to contact others to see what kind of houses and where they are buying.Like I said take a few hours and read everything you can in the wholesaling forum.

Man I have to agree with you, some buyers are like that, but of you list is fat as all heck, while he is waiting for someone to turn on the utilities, someone else is at the closing table with cash in hand.

Fat checks and fast cash is my motivation.

I estimated $20K rehab because of the siding and because I want a nice, fat rehab budget (for the area) in case something goes wrong or we've missed something horrible, but the circumstances of the selling suggest that there's nothing really wrong with the house, the company is just pulling out of the area.

So we closed on Sept 3rd and we got a nice big fat check for 14k!!!

So those owners got hit with a big fat special assessment they weren't expecting.