I am trying to increase my network in the Cincinnati area in order to have more deals to look at and crunch the numbers on.  

When you finally learn what properties to stay away from, how to crunch the numbers and how to stretch out your numbers over a 10, 20 and 30-year period you have better insights as to how rich you will be vs. how miserable you are when dealing with tenants.

Sounds like you've crunched all the data already.

I'm in the Dallas area and have been learning, listening to podcasts, watching webinars, checking out deals and crunching numbers and it's been so fun!

It seems you are under time crunch so you might be looking to do a1031 yourself.

In crunching the numbers on these properties, I have a few that are cash flow positive however I'm not sure if that takes into account the value of the property.

I'm a big fan of forums and podcasts and crunching the numbers since I'm at a stage where I'm trying to learn while working full time and saving money for my first duplex.

It seems to me, if I do all the number crunching and title checking etc, and it seems like a potential good property to flip to a investor .I still have a problem of the earnest money deposit.I dont want to tell the investor about the property before I get it under contract, he could steal it.

Same goes for seller financing, you're depending upon a crunched homeowner staying prudent for years.

@Andrew Johnson I won't really know if the asking price is vastly above market value for the property because I don't know the extent of the repairs needed yet, but based on basic number crunching it shows the rents are far too low to support the value the seller intends on extracting from the sale.