You'll need to learn rehab costs and be able to provide rough estimates that will help your clients make an informed decision to move forward and investigate deeper, or find another deal.One of the best ways to incentivize a contractor to give you a bid is to pay him/her for their time.

They will run a preliminary title report and show you what liens or encumbrances are on the title.

In the beginning, I thought he might be helping her move in but after further investigation, I found that he claims to live in my house on social media.

I wanted to investigate markets with lower price points and higher cash flows but don’t have any time right now to really do all of the work out of state, so I’m looking at turnkey as another option. 

I agree with other folks here (before you buy) regards to investigating regulatory climate in the Cities you're interested in: 1) Do you need a permit?

This is a great place to learn and further investigate investing in real estate.

It's come up on my radar and would like to investigate it more

Travel cost to investigate the market is not a business expense unless you are running your business a certain way (Your advisor needs to help you).

I'm not sure when their lease is up, still investigating. 

It's ridiculous, but that's how it works.You could investigate purchasing for cash and then refinancing later to get your cash out, but even then it probably has to meet certain criteria.