What’s the biggest red flag you watch for when vetting borrowers?

Though fee schedules vary by company, generally speaking, you'll pay more up front for checkbook control and less over time, since the full custodial companies will have transaction fees not to mention the red tape of going through the custodian for all transactions. 

Would you dig 120 feet of trench 3 feet deep, and get the material, for $350?

You can't purchase the software stand-alone (red flag for someone with some experience).

Anyone else out there started out flipping by jumping into the deep end?  

It’s true that you should be more diligent with vetting tenants - cash flow is great, but a destructive tenant can burn through it pretty easily and put you in the red.

I’m in my deep research phase before I tell them anything and information and direction would be very much appreciated. 

Or would this raise red flags for conflict of interest? 

However, when you look at the Affordable Housing website, only 4 out of 32 available properties that accepts voucher are listed by $1,550 or more.Is that maybe a red flag that there's no demand for Section 8 in Cleveland? 

I do it for a living and finance about 200 of them a year for other flippers this is why i have a pretty deep understanding of distressed assets and the taking advantage of those that might no realize they are paying 3X what a property is worth.. if your paying market price or maybe 10% higher for the owner finance i get that I do that and agree with that thought process..