School is out Friday, so I will be able to pick my son up Thursday. 

Then they picked what they wanted, and I had to hire the rest hauled off.   

The amount of my deposit is determined by the level of risk.

Did you all pick a niche right from the beginning or was it a learning process?

Learn your marketWhen you're driving around the neighborhoods you've picked, take the time to learn the market.

Whether the parties agree to conduct a transaction by electronic means is determined from the context and surrounding circumstances, including the parties' conduct. 

I can just look up recent cash transactions closed  and track down the active investors in the area.I do see this model happening a lot here in Texas ..these brokerages focus only on finding distress properties and double closing them to other investors... but they cherry pick comps, inflate their ARVs and market the property to newbies who have no clue what they are doing .

My main concern is that I don't have any construction background and I have never rehabbed a property before so I don't have any real world experience regarding the costs associated in doing so.Once I find a deal that looks promising on paper and I physically go walk the property with my realtor how am I supposed to determine a rehab estimate without any prior experience? 

Some of it may be determined by the market that you’re in and what’s popular with renters or just available as inventory.

Do you use any specific metric to determine your willingness to offer on a deal?