Your biggest hurdle will be dealing with regulation red tape, and finding a place where it can be done.

The first thing we noticed overnight was the platform's speed, which increased drastically, as well as the new customer support who were checking on us consistently (which was a new thing), so things were turning out for the best, and we were making 1-2 deals a month out of that. 6 months ago, 10 DLC was getting approved in 3-5 days instead of +10, and we upgraded to the managed plans, and had a person manage our accounts, and were able to get to 3-5 deals.

If you need help, I would attend SJREIA or whatever equivalent there is in central Jersey as well.2) I would suggest buying a property (SFH or MH) in a location you can get you within 30 minutes, especially for your first deal.

You CAN NOT target motivated sellers.The only way to get in touch with motivated sellers is for you to make it extremely easy for them to find you.Going after lists will be your doom.If you have $30K to spend on lists, sure, due to sheer volume you are bound to get a deal with some luck, sure.But if you come along with a humble budget, forget it.The reason larger budgets work better is because you can send a huge volumes.

And no one was empowered to get out a checkbook and just deal with it.

Purchase price: $127,000 Cash invested: $20,000 Off market deal from a relationship when tenet left aesthetically rehabbed the house and is now cash flowing rental.

@Rachel Leonard I just did my first deal without an agent.

Maybe there's a few brokerages who do the majority of the deals you're hoping to do. 

I feel like this deal pencils at $365-375k but need to add a bathroom, redo kitchen and existing bathroom, close in garage port for more sqft, + cosmetics and new appliances.

What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?