- find a Mentor to partner with in areaWhat I'm doing now-  getting educated and licesened - I've listened to every BP podcast and am currently reading "set for life"- signed up for BP pro and am reading and asking questions- networking for subcontractors This is the just of my situation.

There are situations where we will put more emphasis on the value add potential than the cash flow.  

He has worked absolute miracles for my clients and he will go over all of your options available for your situation and goals. 

It is possibly a different situation for the larger investor.

It's a touchy situation though as we live in a college town and with an eviction I've got the cost of eviction, plus, my only hopes of renting it out at this point in the year would likely mean receiving $2-300/month less for the next 10 months.  

I'm not bragging, just stating my situation and how maybe I can be of help to you.Usually during this time I am working on one of my own projects with a live in flip or rental, but we just bought an acreage and won't be taking on a project by ourselves this Winter.That's where you may come in! 

People will only see this as you trying to take advantage of the situation, I see it as you doing your job . buy discounted properties after a storm because owner are out of state and not possible for them to deal with big repairs..... or owners are scared of keeping those properties, and other potential problems.... 

I've heard that listing agents usually list homes for under market value just to see if bank would accept offer, but to me it seems like they putting you in an awkward situation because if they come back and say hey we want  market value it's like buy it for 230k or lose 3k and start over.

While the capitalization for the expenses is clear on properties that we the rehabbers have purchased, there are some other possibilities based on our unique situation.  

I was wondering if any of you all had investing advice or a relevant article for a new investor trying to get down payment funding for his next and first deal, or just advice for a young investor in my situation trying to make it in general!