I suggest you skip this one. 

If you are confident you can also do the deal yourself saving agent fees for the seller (if it's the FSBO) and I guess you can skip the appraisal if you want to.  

If they are going to be lazy. skip steps, do a half as% effort then they have a lot to lose.If the first commission check is 50,000 then they have already paid 25,000 so would get the full 50,000 as an example.Unfortunately most of these mediocre brokers and agents do not have hardly any money to their name and want you to TRUST their words.

Don't skip this step.Credit Report -- A low credit score is a concern but it's not the end all.

I can assure you, I do not plan on cutting corners, just want to make the best decisions possible.I know it has been recommended by all on this thread that I skip the LLC and just purchase it personally and get an umbrella policy for liability protection.  

I’ve bought a dozen houses in Las Vegas and NLV skipping Thai step completely.

If the seller and PM prove their mettle, make additional investments/purchases with them and you don't necessarily need to travel there to vet the properties, but do your homework on them none-the less.Caveat: I realize traveling there is ideal, but not possible for every investor, so many do skip that step.

If this first deal is successful, how can I ensure that the business and my investor don't skip me on the next deals?

I think we're going to skip staging entirely and just price the property aggressively so we can move it quick.

I'm a novice and wholesaling was a topic I skipped over in my first few months visiting BP, so I only recently got a bit of understanding about it.I thought I'd share a story from my year of looking for a multifamily property in Worcester, MA.