Welcome to the community and be ready for a huge amount of information at your finger tips.

Tip #1 - no such thing as one perfect market There is lots of data on Bigger Pockets and MTR experts that have released rankings of top cities for next year, but remember it's not just about the purchase-- it's also about the operation.

Feel free to share any tips or ask me questions! 

They will be able to give you some sage advice that would work for your specific buy box.Johnathan - thank you for the tip.

With investigating and calling the local distributor who got the manufacturer involved, we found out they hadn't even ordered material yet (talk about floating $ on jobs).

Finally, I would like to thank everyone else for your replies I know I expressed gratitude in each of my replies but honestly thank you, everyone, all your replies were beneficial, obviously I am just at the tip of my endeavor but I am going to now focus all my energy using the great opportunities that have been laid out for me using the feedback everyone in this forum has shared!

From my investigation a fair amount of time is spent on developing (private money)   

Go and do a thorough investigation.

I also hired a private investigator to look into this person because I feel like shes very shady.

Another tip: I think if your schedule and time allows it, go and stay at the property for a night or two.