Congrats on putting the pieces to the puzzle together quickly yet effectively!

The magic puzzle piece is to not spend so much of it right now, or you will be trapped on that work/spend treadmill for a long time. 

@Cynthia JohnsonI think you may be looking at one piece of the puzzle of 5 points to consider.1.

And if you are already doing REOs you just have some contacts you could reach out to.The last piece of the puzzle really just comes down to the numbers working in a potential deal.

Closing before the contract closing day works well if its an abandoned property, but when homeowners are moving there are more pieces of the puzzle involved.

They are a valuable piece of the puzzle. 

There's one piece of the puzzle left. 

No, to me insurance is only one piece of the puzzle, but it leaves too much to chance.

Tell people the skills you have and your goals and what pieces of the puzzle you have, you have some capital you have construction, you have FSBO resale or you can always get a good realtor, you don't have a deal or skills to get one and you probably don't have full financing to make a cash offer with no contingencies.Get your financing in place, are you going all cash, are you using hard money, are you going to partner with a money partner, are you going to get a fha owner occupant loan?  

My boss told me, in puzzled voice, "You had so much potential!"