It's also something I've thought about for a long time and thought it would be an exciting and rewarding experience, so I am working on taking those first steps now.  

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As a house flipper, would it be an ideal goal to vertically integrate my business at some point?

i do travel to Pensacola often so maybe we could link up sometime over coffee.  

He was bad mouthing me, the property, and i can tell this will be an ongoing issue.How have you all handled this before?

Time to stop being a consumer and buying other people's off the shelf garbage, and learning to be an investor who puts together her own deals.

Yes, my investment is here in Mastic Beach, it is a tricky area to be an serious investor, but the rewards can pay off if you know what your doing.  

At this point I would probably end up with a 5% 30 year being as it would be an income property and not primary. 

With that said, I hopefully people realize that this might be an isolated event. 

I'd imagine that'd be an average for managing many more.You can do it, but need a team in place.