Just sent you a direct message.

Galveston is a great market if you have a good deal, but insurance and taxes make it very tough to pencil out a lot there.

BP has various tools to help you analyze your deals (rentals, flips, wholesale, etc). : https://www.biggerpockets.com/investment-calculators7.

Purchase price: $149,000 Cash invested: $149,000 3/2 block house .60 acres What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?

So absolutely viable if - like you mentioned you can get creative in terms of financing the deal.

The Hunter - finds the deals, networks with brokers, risk tolerant2.

I'm going to run some details by you and I'd like all of you who feel you are qualified to advise me so I can learn how to properly analyze these deals and be more cognizant of potential pitfalls/mistakes:So, I found this property off market in a Chicago real estate investment group.

This will come off as petty, but I think you just can't close a deal and are upset we don't accommodate for that.So, here's what I'll do. 

I really want to get into syndication deals (as syndicators).

Add value to your current property, refinance out.Whether you want to source your own deals or use agents/wholesalers depends on your availability.