I called the permit office and the girl I talked with wasn't aware of any required permits. 

We go for the product that's $1.79 a square foot at our local Home Depot (unless it's the Black Friday sale in which case they usually offer it at .99 a square foot).  

While my wife was out for a girls night, I was analyzing deals again and got another one at 59K duplex at 1300 per month cash flowing around 350 as well.

I'd recommend going to a local real estate networking group such as the RI Real Estate Investors Group (usually on the 3rd Thursday of each month in Warwick; see rireig.com for more info) or Black Diamond Real Estate Investors in Mass (they meet twice a month; see blackdiamondrealestateinvestors.com) as both are great places to do what you mentioned, network and connect with positive like minded real estate investors.

Originally posted by @Wendy Black:"If you were young again"...That's an incorrect assumption that people who start out in REI are young. 

My girl says she would never buy from a wholesaler like me; shed use a realtor and I say yeah but the house is awful so they cant get someone to buy it but me.

No sense in taking @Terry Miller's girl to the dance if she's going to be a terrible date because she would rather be with Terry.

Thanks James Barnhart As an update I went to HD today to see if they had any open box or scratch stuff and the salesperson told me Black Friday sales start first week of November and run through Black Friday (and sometimes extended depending on sales).

We cannot provide a clear black and white assessment of what is OK and what is not. 

One the takes money from my pocket (a 13 y.o. girl) and one that thankfully will help me put money back in.