You never want to over pay for a property because finding an end buyer to sell it too will be a needle in a hay stack (with no needle)

Being very handy and extremely comfortable with numbers, and having a connections in construction, design, electrical, HVAC and plumbing, I think I may have the building blocks to make a legitimate go of the flipping business.

turbo tax is designed for someone who owns maybe one or two conventual rentals and can not handle complex transaction like option contracts, because your asset is actually the contract itself which would normally be reported on schedule D and it sounds like your trying to treat as a rental property on schedule E.  

I'm looking for referrals in Portland OR for 203K specifically:a lender with solid transactional experience in 203k loansthe person (contractor or consultant) who does the initial analysis and gets the bank the paperwork they need to finalize the loan processa contractor (design/build ideal but not necessary) who is 203k FHA approvedIf I'm buying a Wells Fargo Bank foreclosure, does it make any sense to get a WFB 203k loan?

It is just less likely you will find the needle so to say.  

Most of the sites I have looked at/ created a design are running me about $2.00-$2.15 (order of 200) per sign before shipping. 

I enjoy buying, remodeling and selling homes, My major was in design therefore the space planning and functionality of a property is key for me to turn a flop into a flip.

(Not necessarily in order) The Software Business (I'll use SB as an abbreviation from here on) has to design a product.

LOL... all these new crazy buzzwords designed to make an 'old as the hills idea' new and fresh! 

Maybe you're looking at MLS listings, Loopnet, a stack of rentals sent to you by an investor exiting the business, whatever...I was just explaining what the 2% rule was designed to do, thus attempting to answer the question "what is the 2% rule?"