Our rates are competitive and we don't get paid until the landlord gets paid, so our interests align.

I'm sure you can find a Private Lender to align with at your local Real Estate Investment Club.

I'm assuming this means they are aligned with each other or possibly operate under the same umbrella company? 

Maybe better to find a partner more aligned with your true goals and skills.

This enables you to vet the information provided by the Vendor with the Tenants and/or Service Providers (i.e. leased water heaters, HVAC, Laundry,  landscaping services, etc) to see if the views of the relationship terms align or not.

Make sure to align yourself with a loan officer and lender that knows what they are doing with the new TRID changes. 

The whole point is to try and align them with market rents.

I agree, I dont see repairs less than 50k even if the stars align and you find a reasonable contractor to bid you that amount and also is high quality.

If you are using another contractor tell him why so he can improve what he does and aligns with what his customers are seeking.

I have also been able to get aligned with some good, and some bad wholesalers that send me deals.I have a list of CPAs, attorneys, and Local banks i want to visit and have met with a few GCs who understand I am starting out and have picked a few that i will be calling to bid the first job.This month i will file for my LLC, secure a HELOC against my current home, learn more about seller marketing to hopefully build some lists in 2 months time, and if i have time between all this and my job, meet with some agents that do a lot of work with REO/short sale to learn more and get inside that loop.Assuming we stay on this path, we should be well poised to ink our first deal in May-June.Without BP I would be confused standing in the forest with no direction.