I think I will go ahead and hire both an attorney and go through a title company for getting title insurance.

Yeah, I'd ask on here....people here will be straight with ya...you don't know about your competition.You can snoop/ask around and see who they're using.....This is business.

Method 1 is much more certain in creating equity to then use on a heloc and method 2 is going straight to work... thoughts. am brand new to the area. very little if any SOI.

Realistically you should have a new tenant placed in less than a month, so 2-3 months rent should put you break even or ahead.

He is a young chap of around 23 and brash, he refused and suggested I can go ahead and do what I want. 

You should also check out the Straight Up Chicago Investor's podcast.

I have both W2 income and rental income, so the numbers are straight forward and fixed. 

Vatsal, in my opinion I would say go ahead and move forward and complete the renovations.

I am going to go ahead and reach back out to them to get some more details about the specific type of properties allowed and how they go about the inspections.When you were gathering your information for Broward, did they give you a list or details regarding what the house needs for inspection? 

Being a recent college graduate and I am in the process of getting hired for a job right now and plan on going straight into the real estate game once I have capital.