Hi,I'm new to investing in real estate and plan to start my investing business through wholesaling. One method I learned about was wholesaling through trusts. My understanding is I would enter a trust agreement with t...

(That's a California water rights "joke")Anyway, if you bought from the MLS using a real estate agent and you were not informed that work was done that was non-permitted, call the agent and *nicely* tell them you have a problem.

For a residential property, I typically see closings of 45 days with someone using a conventional 20% down loan. 

@John Troise sounds like your using a conventional lender......We've all been there(at least those who have dealt with conventional lenders).  

Of course, the flip side is that those I know who did themselves have a list of investors they can go to over and over gain while using a site like Realtyshares means the investors are their investors not yours. 

The bigger issue I see is when you are using a sheen other than flat.  

(I've seen mixed answers on this so that's why I'm asking) I was also thinking about using a 0% down USDA loan on a single family house and fixing it up while living in it to eventually move out and make it a rental.

We are also coming to the conclusion that using a fix to rent loan strategy moving forward will be the best at this point in the game.

I invest using a different set of parameters compared to others, and it has worked out for me so far.

So I agreed to a binding deal last Sunday on what would be my first investment property.  It's a single family home in the neighborhood I've lived in for the past 4 years, and knowing what I know about the real estate...