That said, I was interested to know if anyone on BP knew of any online real estate programs that are both cost effective and worthwhile.

That sounds like a worthwhile project that you took on.  

The problem is that you won't find as many worthwhile deals for flips on the MLS.

I owe a lot of this to Bigger Pockets and all the experienced folks here who have shared their wisdom both in the current and archived threads, or I might never have gotten serious enough to get out there, evaluate properties, make offers and come up with this one, so thanks to all the posters freely offering their experience and making this a worthwhile forum to visit.

It may be worthwhile to explore what can be done with the annuity. 

A bit of a pain/hassle, but from what I've researched the tax savings we will experience via Delaware tax law will make all of it very much worthwhile.

How much money would make it worthwhile for your time, money and energy to do the flip yourself?

Housing is in high demand and following the 50% rule, I can't find anything really worthwhile even if I were to get the local foreclosures at a 10% discount.

It's $30 to run one property, so I can't imagine it is something to use for first level screening, but maybe it's worthwhile to use further into the screening process? 

The cost of living makes everything worth while lol!