It costs less than $500 to start an LLC and about $1,500 annual for LLC tax returns.It should save you a good amount of coin in the long run and provide an additional layer of liability protection. 

We even downgraded some things (concrete floors, rather than doing actual flooring) and saved money on things like that.

Some are free, some might have a fee, but still worth saving you time and obviously getting things done that you would not be able to do otherwise.This is a good website/directory that lists all the real estate offices by county NETROnline.com - click on Public Records Online Directory.

I am on step one for saving $25,000.

I want to save up so I can hopefully buy and flip my first house... but thought wholesaling might be a good start

Then I make a "I'm here to save you offer".

Doing a few wholesaling deals, will give you the funds to clear up your debts, save some money as reserve, and then leverage to borrow more money in the future if you want to fix and flip or buy and hold.Research "wholesaling real estate" in BP, YouTube, Blogs, etc.I love wholesaling.

These are all questions that I need to answer and account for before I start trying to predict what is going to happen to the market.Lastly, the individuals giving you advice probably have their entire life savings tied up in the stock market. 

Next is better rates as owners get more favorable rates that save you money over the life of the loan.

I hate these lessons and the thieves that teach them, but one day you will be able to identify potential problems in partners or in a potential deal because of this thief and this experience will end up saving you much more than it has cost you.