What skills do you have in RE or out that can assist them so their time spent is worth it. 

Form a partnership with someone who has the skills or resources you don't!

You can use sites such as Zillow or Realtor to get a VERY general feel for what prices houses are trading for in the area.Hope that helps!

Would your trade the inconsistent paydays for a salary with a bonus?

I’m still at the very beginning stages but I think some of my first steps are going to be; looking for a wholesaler in my area that I can shadow/learn from, compiling a list of fix and flippers in my area, and working on finding the correct contracts and documents for my situation.Also, to address your point about the 10,000 deal, I have seen that around as well and I’m making sure to be very wary of anything like that, I believe I have the skills to negotiate a deal myself, so I don’t want to be shorted out of any of my profit.Thanks for replying and let’s keep learning!

@Cole Lynch it is a trade off.

Eventually, you'll be wanting to be hands-off, so the ability to weed out the bad apples in the bunch and maintaining the relationships of the great ones is a crucial skill to have.Good luck!

I also know that nothing in life is free and my skills lie in sales.

However, if you can make it happen you're going to build equity much faster so this trade-off will be your call.Hope this helped a bit. 

No soldering skills necessary.The other bonus of PEX is if the property is vacant, there is nothing for the Copper thieves to go after.