It is extremely clear that I am a person not a company (some people care about that) and that I'm looking to purchase their home should they wish to sell in the future.I give them every single possible way to contact me, including my home address, my phone number and my email addresses.

If you have time for a quick chat, I can share some additional info you would probably find extremely valuable before proceeding that could influence your investment strategy. 

If you want to look into doing it yourself let me know, we handle almost 600 units in-house except in extreme circumstances and I can show you products and use to handle it.

I am extremely gifted at finding great deals.To start: There is a little 980 sq ft house 3 bed, 1 bath.

Even if you have all your tax-advantaged accounts in Index Funds (a-la Warren Buffet) you're probably going to get around 7% over the course of those 20-30 years, which is a pretty solid return for having zero time invested, and extremely low risk relative to other investments.

It would be extremely rare that any property would not be on the tax rolls. 

First thing, unless we get extremely lucky, we will not sell all four houses at the same time, definitely not within the time frame the IRS requires.

Quick and easy renovations can be enough to bump up your home's value without too many construction or design costs cutting into your profit margin.You should also keep in mind that a hot seller's market means less financial risk for house flippers given the lower likelihood of being unable to resell the home.ForeclosuresWith the ability to buy low and potentially make a big profit upon reselling, foreclosures are the types of homes that are enticing to many real estate flippers.Since the Austin real estate market is extremely hot, finding a foreclosed home to flip may be tough, but it can be done.

I know that there are other ways to gain financing, however I want to exhaust all of my options before I hit those other ways.What are your thoughts?

Kristie Eddy - I'm a Rentec user too and extremely rarely do tenants have any problem giving bank info to get ACH setup.