I welcome all productive input and look forward to leaning on and learning from the vast experience and knowledge this group possesses. 

I took all my knowledge I've accumulated over my 30 years being in the construction business and started flipping properties. it started out as a Las Vegas venture but after I caught the bug I expanded to 3 states.

I had and have other mentors and a lot of times they become my mentors not because I asked them to mentor me, but because I notice that these people I meet are more knowledgeable than me, are kind and they are willing to share.

I need help answering an insurance/tax question for which I am getting varied responses from the ‘experts’.

I would then seek out a competent attorney that has a background working with real estate investors (one with specific knowledge of wholesaling or assignment of contracts and the marketing of such).

The taxes of the property will weigh on your qualifying ratio and so will the insurance...and both of those will require a Loan Officer with knowledge of the local market you are moving to in order to calculate properly. 

@Jake Calle Based on personal experience and market knowledge, the first areas I would suggest looking into are the neighborhoods south of Gandy Boulevard in South Tampa, West Tampa, and, if you're open to wood-frame build houses in an up and coming / hot area, certain parts of The Heights (Tampa Heights & Seminole Heights). 

I’m not going to pretend to be an expert on the Manayunk market , but I will say two things.

My lack of knowledge back then resulted in the deed being completed in a manner in which his share goes to his heirs, not to me (i.e.

Hi @Paras Gupta, to my knowledge there are no certifications that make you a real estate investor.