I would recommend attending local RE meet ups if possible.

Hello, my name is Ryan Shaughnessy, and I am a 23-year-old aspiring real estate investor.

The reason the industry looks so saturated is because you have thousands of broker outfits with lender sounding names selling the products of the big box lenders.Is there true private money? 

As a local investor and agent here in Columbus, let me know if you have any questions or want to connect!

It sounds like the house would be in his name; I'm not sure what type of recourse you would have. 

Should I really just be leaning on a local real estate agent to help me with the local markets?

Looking to buy 2-3 properties.I already own one property in California through a Revocable Trust and noticed it shows up on Google when I search my name. 

As a local realtor here in Charlotte, I've seen people do both.

This means that you have the right to assign the contract to another buyer without needing the seller's consent (unless specified otherwise).Assignment Agreement:Once you have a signed purchase agreement with the seller, you, as the wholesaler, can then prepare an assignment agreement.The assignment agreement essentially transfers your rights in the original purchase agreement to another buyer (an investor or end-user).In the assignment agreement, you will name the original seller (assignor), yourself as the wholesaler (assignee), and the new buyer (assignee).The assignment agreement should outline the assignment fee (your profit) that you will receive from the new buyer upon closing of the sale.Execution:Both the seller (assignor) and the new buyer (assignee) need to agree and sign the assignment agreement.

Hi my name is Rodger Renter, And your unit is filled with mold that is making me sick.I am aware the mold is here and continue to live with it, but you need to pay me to live here due to my illness from it.I'm not interested in moving to a new unit, but I'm very interested in getting some money to offset my sickness that you are moldy-unit caused- despite the fact I could have moved out when I found out about it.