Quote from @Shawn Questa: A few times I've reached out to Cash Buyers and they would tell me that they are a part of an Investment Group and that they are ready to quickly Close Deals would be happy to work with me.Later I would come to find out that they are actually a Group of Wholesalers, like me.I guess I would prefer to Work directly with the Investor, Cash Buyer or Flipper. 

I paid for the subscription for a few months and drew my own custom Google maps areas and color coded them red/yellow/green based on a "grade" I felt came from a few metrics like crime/average household income/etcI also really like realtors dot com new maps, if you search for an address and click on the map and then go to the top left and choose the Value slider it will give you a nice color coded map of which areas of a neighborhood are higher valued.

Assuming an only child situation where you’re not screwing a sibling.

Quote from @Kyle Hess: I'm building a list of tools you could have handy while touring a potential fix-and-flip. 

I have a contact in the city dept of Kyle.

A recent report from Realtor.com says 20% of Americans don’t think homeownership is achievable.

I was considering having a lawyer draw up a baseline loan doc and make tweaks to it on a per loan basis.

That's a gr-AI-t post. 

And don’t sell yourself short—getting started as a bird dog is a smart move.

It's also important to know when you face the risk of a lawsuit.