I was hoping to find a mentor to guide me through investing and flipping houses.

Cash buyers generally push prices down as low as possible with the promise of closing quickly.

I had a quick question for those of you that use a professional property manager. 

I was planning to give multiple bids like 70K in cash and quick closing or 100k with conventional mortgage.

In  the meantime can  my GC pop by and take a quick look at it?  

Good multi-family properties in safe parts of Chicago are drying up quickly so I'm looking for every and any avenue to finds leads.

You just have to be quick! 

I am looking to start out by being a wholesaler in the Philadelphia area, not just for the quick cash but to use it to get me started with FF and BH.

You can just dive deeper into the C-, D ,F properties until you reach that return, as the rents do not adjust down nearly as quickly as the property values fall in those areas. 

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