Anything you do remote will come at a cost of operational inefficiencies and a higher cost of doing business.

When my business partner and I were still flipping we bought a couple through Auction.com and we always used a private money lender to fund those and our other flips. 

Validate their Legitimacy:Ensure the company is properly licensed and regulated, particularly if you're working with private lenders.

@Geoff Engel If you don't want to be a landlord but still want to be involved with investing you could be a private money lender for flips or in partnerships and bring the money to the deal.

Hopefully I could even provide some sort of value to this group and most definitely do business with some of you.

It's the smart way to fun a business. 

I’m looking to get started in the fix-and-flip business and have a few questions.

Real estate loans to owner occupied properties where the business of the owner is closed down - or SHOULD be, and the owner needs some time to sell the property.  

Since my firm is an investor private client boutique, I do not share resources outside of my client base.

CA really cleaned up the fractional note business from my days of doing it in the 80s..