Kellum, Ideally a perfect home for me to flip would be in the Conejo Valley (Thousand Oaks/Westlake/Agoura/Newbury Park) area.

I could still try to find another wholesale buyer if he bails.Exit Strategy:  Of course, the ideal exit would be finding a buyer during the inspection period but giving that this is not a clear cut great deal, I want to be prepared to walk away if the market does not agree with me, therefore my questions about the inspection period.

Ideally, you want to find properties where the payoff is less than this number, so you can make a profit.

As of now after my emergency fund, I have about 3-4% down of $450k (another part of my $20k), which I know is not ideal but I would want to take advantage of the low interest rates, plus I would be living with my boyfriend and brother who would be helping me pay it off/splitting it 3 ways.

This is your ideal buyer.

If is a Sole priorship, a S corporation might be ideally for tax purposes.

When house hacking a 4-plex, you really should be looking to be living for "free" (at least).I suspect you put less work/negotiating into the deal than ideal, because of your EASE of funding.

I am born and raised in NYC and while it's an amazing  place to grow up, it's not exactly ideal for small investors like myself.

The apartment wasn't exactly the space I needed, nor was it my ideal situation, but I decided to contact the owner directly to make him an offer that would help both of us.

Ideally, the accounting would reflect how much each member is able to entitled to safely withdraw (for instance, after a year of positive cash flow).