Try to find the owner of the vacant house and see if they might be interested in selling, maybe you could wholesale it.

Also, you can wholesale apartment buildings, or any other property you find.Keep building from there until you've got more money than God, and a better house than him too!

We use the money made from my stock market gains to invest in RE but haven't gotten into RE without living in it except for a duplex which we broke even on in the early '90s.I'm going to look at a property next week that's being offered by a wholesaler in our local REIA.

Here's an article you might find helpful - it's how to stand out as a wholesaler: http://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/4430/blog_posts/32194-attention-wholesalers-2-ways-to-stand-out-from-your-competition

He's a wholesaler in the area

The only way I've heard of stepping in without some type of loan or down payment was by wholesale.

I am a wholesaler and a rehabber focusing on the west and northwest suburbs of Chicago.

@Steve Might I am mainly a wholesaler.

i am looking for wholesalers in the Dallas/Fort Worth area.

If not and you are interested in just acting as a wholesaler in the transaction, then it's time to start hunting for buyers.