Some areas listed (approximately) were:1) Bird-dogging/wholesaling - buy low, sell high (quickly), but deals take a lot of effort to find/negotiate.2) Buy and hold - you're putting your money in up front, and your time into long-term management of the property (of course, you can have a mortgage and/or a property manager, but these reduce profits, and you're still likely to need SOME money and SOME time involvement).3) Service provider - a real estate agent, loan officer, contractor, inspector, etc.

The investor wanted me to find this deal, and would be willing to be partners with me, but I don't want to manage the units, I would rather make the money by flipping the contract or getting consultant fees.......the more I think about this the more confused I get!!!

Spending $300 for a contractor would be a very wise choice in my opinion

Will this money be placed at the beginning of the contract or at the close?

CC Debt, Misc Debt, car note, and student loans.Scared that because I keep hearing that real estate is at an all time low, it is not a good time.Scared that because I am a woman, contractors and etc will try to take of advantage of me because I will not have all the knowledge (not books but practial).Am I overreacting?

I am a general contractor in central California.

Networking at REI club meetings can open up deals and contractors to you too.

You may also consider having a general contractor to give you a free estimate.

ALSO, if your getting into flipping, which is the route I'm going to take, you need to man up, because contractors will push you around, and you'll lose out big time, or take forever to get flips finished and sold...

Around here Subject to is also referred to as a land contract or a contract for deed.