And frankly I don’t care why they want to sell in the early stages of communication.  

There was a gimmicky magician sharing the stage at one point with Pace that narrowed down the crowd of 2000+ people to one woman with a heads-or-tails coin scenario.

I'm in the beginning stages of my RE investing journey and I'm here to begin networking.

At this stage, your focus should be putting as much money as possible into your first deal, rather than on accountants, lawyers, or consultants.Hiring a CPA can wait until you’re further along—either when you’ve got something under contract or need help with entity setup or tax planning.

Don’t forget to use professional photography and consider virtual staging if the home is vacant.

They are also not prevalent in this stage of the market cycle. 

What you are describing is a fully thought out partnership or pre-arranged circumstance.

Example using fictional figures:We buy a 10 acre lot, taxes are $1,000We subdivide it into 10 x 1 acre lotsNo properties are built at this stage, just landDoes the tax remain at $1,000???

I've seen people create a new LLC per property, or per $X of equity, or after $Y of income since the $800 increases once you have higher amounts of income in the LLC, or any number of other arrangements (i.e., put all your best properties in 1 LLC and worst ones in another, or conversely, only put 1 good property in each LLC with 1 bad property). 

By understanding the seller’s timeline and needs, we were able to negotiate a fair price of $58,500 that worked for both parties, setting the stage for a profitable fix-and-flip.