Still can be very beneficial for a new investor but personally I think not as good as a service as they had with their exclusive listings where they had inspections already done, rent rolls available, and you can complete the entire offer/acceptance via their platform rather than being handed off to an agent. 

I have my own leads (name of decedent, physical address of property, personal representative for the estate, Their physical address.

You can get a HELOC if there is equity in the property most likely, which there should be since you own it in cash, but you will just be decreasing your pay out and then may end up short in repair money, depending on how much it is worth.

I personally feel that it is a liability people could use as an excuse for an accident they have if they are drunk.

I personally use the mass text capabilities through my Resident RE CRM.However I have a few friends who wholesale and invest and use Mobile Monkey to mass text and from what they say the price is pretty reasonable.

Each property is different, however an engineered cost segregation study typically takes about 4-6 weeks to complete in order to ensure a quality cost segregation study.HOW MUCH MONEY CAN A COST SEGREGATION STUDY SAVE ME?

I found an auction person, and I see listings online.

I've done this personally and have helped a bunch of other investors do the same.

refinance our own home with some money down + purchase another flip? 

Gap funding or junior position funding is highly risky. your team has no real money in the deal..