I was thinking of  using the $3000 deposit collected by escrow at closing to fund that if necessary and use the deposit as kind of a cash for keys strategy.. saying i'll pay your deposit back the day after I inspect and it's all clean, etc.   

I have not really found any kind of commercial list provider for this so I am doing it manually by getting lists from yellow pages/chamber of commerce/associations.

Even though I am new to this industry if I can help in any kind of way please do not hesitate to connect with me. 

I don't think a subject to kind of house would work for my gameplan because of that reason as well, the large sum of cash for the investment.

@Kimberly M. with those kind of rental numbers I don't think you should stress about a roof with 7 years of life left on it.

Any kind of advice would be great, Thank you! 

Max Gradowitz was just the kind of agent I really needed.

If anyone has any deals in the immediate area  that need more cash and I can get in on feel free to send me a msg about them with the kind of returns you can get me and the time horizon also your experience with flips etc.

I'm curious what kinds of start-ups costs you've seen with this type of business that can't deducted if you're a disregarded entity? 

Think about it, if everything was running smooth as ice most folks wouldn't need to pick up the phone & call us.This kind of stuff really needs to be talked about out in the open a lot more then it is.