Include a clause for the sale  to be conditional upon approval of financing and approval of a home inspection.Work with your own lawyer or someone familiar with real estate purchase agreements to ensure you are getting a fair deal.Ensure you know what you are signing up for, for example is the basement leaking water, take a laser level and see if the floors are uneven, etc.

Make sure you take the drive that you have and laser focus that into a strategy.

I learned to have laser force during the inspection.

This tool is not a replacement for a large wet/dry vacuum, but for smaller projects the vacuum is ideal.https://www.amazon.com/DEWALT-...Lastly the laser measure below is a great tool if you want to make quick measurements and it is not critical down to 1/16.

I use Magicplan with a Bluetooth laser measure to walk-though a pre-flipped property and envision what the finished project could look like while iteratively changing sizes and positioning.

The #1 most important LASER FOCUS need be on how you buy, full stop. 

I do not yet have a laser-focused region that I am set to invest in, however, I am currently looking in the neighborhoods of Raleigh NC where I live.

Currently, we have 2 doors but need more in order to maintain the lifestyle that we would like but we are both laser focused on reaching our goal. 

I realize I'm not the only one looking and its difficult to take one of these down these days, but laser focus overcomes!

Laser focus is key when trying to exploit any niche of a business and real estate is no different from what I see.