I'm not a realtor (yet) but I could definitely answer a lot of questions for you because I just did all the research before we moved and have really been doing a lot to start planning my first flip.

I'm in the process of developing my business plan for the purpose of finding and acquiring buy and hold single family (possibly multi family), for the purposes of building a passive income stream in and around Houston...

It does feel like a lot to give away up front but you are more protected.

For example, things like a source of heat (furnace) in the wintertime, a working water heater, working plumbing/electrical systems, etc.

Then you can play around with what the system sends you. 

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It's much easier to invest with confidence when you have a support system that you can utilize. 

Hmmm, maybe I am not getting how it works, but it seems like it would be a lot to ask a buyer to go through the hoops of becoming a Qualified End Buyer.

As a vague, broad and more of a science fiction reference we have the sun that is continually putting inputs into our system and entire planets that are within reach that dwarf the resources that we have.

This answers so many questions I probably would have had in the future.If I could jump on and also ask a question:What is the best system for paying general contractors during a project?