Your money needs to be secured by a note against the property, that note had better be prepared by a lawyer in the state where the target property is and it had better be recorded.

However, in the past we have been "hobby flippers" one a year, this year our goal is to do 12 houses,, we are on target for 8 right now as we continue to scale up on our contractors and qualified help.I hope this was enough info to make sense. 

There is nothing available in my target area so I'm looking to do a direct mail campaign using list source to send out some mailers.

I'm in a career field where I am likely to have multiple NCR assignments, and have many friends and colleagues there, so I should have some advantages finding quality tenants (possibly myself if I catch another assignment in the area).Budget: I'd prefer to keep it to a no down payment VA loan, which caps me around $680K, but I could put some additional down if i find a particularly good deal.Area: I'm targeting a SFM home  or townhouse in Arlington, Alexandria, or Falls Church (short commute to Pentagon and FT Belvoir), which I can rent easily to upper end military families or local professionals.

My target market is Atlanta, GA (as I have family there) and love the areas of upper midtown in Fulton county.

I am working on getting the funding for a duplex now and i need to get a grasp on certain things to make them easier for me in the long run.

 I heard from biggerpockets and other speakers that vacant houses are good to target for a better return.Someone in my neighbourhood,MD,left their house and it is vacant now.The people living next door told me they might have left for good for financial reasons.I realy want to buy the house.What are the possibilities and what can i do?

Zillow has the APN (assessor's number) using that makes it easier to find in the county records.

I’m currently most familiar with the Greensboro area and the Chapel Hill area so these are markets I would target first .

Be a sponge and take notes.Once you have selected a target niche and gained knowledge, then bring a deal you have brewing here for experienced investors to analyze.