I am in the final stages of finalizing my purchase of two homes on one parcel.I contact the Fiscal Office and they indicated I need an engineer/surveyor to start the process.Having no experience with this, does anyone have any recommendations/tips on this process?

You'll need to identify where the funds will come from at each stage.

At this stage of investing you really won't get any additional liability protection from the LLC.

You can be pushing friendships too far when you are holding your hand out, so even if it is offered, consider it a friendly offer more than a business relationship, I suggest making them offer at least three times before really considering them in a business dealing.....you can set the stage for the offers to be made, but don't just ask and never beg!!!

I understand wholesalers/flippers find many deals through direct mailing and other more intensive searches, but would appreciate a nudge on where my time would be best spent looking for my first property.I would also like to note that I have my financing already configured and am fortunate enough to not necessarily need to worry about it at this stage, most of my concerns come from what is listed above.Thank you for reading!

I might market casually to a couple places at this stage but then market more aggressively when it's ready.

My question is this: how do investors usually arrange to pay this friend/lender back?

As people check in, they are directed to one of five people who have set themselves up in a corner of the courtroom to make arrangements with the debtors.  

Now a lot of this has simply been due to projects finally coming out of the planning stages and breaking grounds finally occurring.

I am highly aware of the investment possibilities in my area as well as the competition in the market; but I am in the crawling stages of my investment and very eager and open minded for any advice to start on a more positive note and work for a successful career in the real estate industry.