If you need financial help, ask under the "Finance, Tax, and Legal" forum.

For example, this investor that I met recently said not to buy properties at tax auction for 100+ different reasons.

Technically it would be best to get a C Corporate or S Corp. to flip properties and since you are considered a dealer if you do several properties a year and this could have negative tax consequences in an LLC.

Hey @Nevin Wilkie. have you looked on the city or county's tax records to find the mailing address for the owner when it's different than the address of the property you want to buy?

In order to defer all tax you must purchase at least as much as your net sale ($500K ish). 

He is busy working at the hospital and doesn't want to deal with tenants, toilets, taxes, trash, and all that haha

Honest... not great but we had other tax reasons to get into them.   

We have sold (tax free), kept as long term and/or short term rentals as well.

Rents have been pretty close to what the housing authorities advertise, sometimes even a bit higher.Fort Wayne’s a solid spot with low taxes and good cash flow—definitely worth looking into.

3) Your $250k with 30% down => about $750k (you also need funds for closing costs, taxes, etc.)