Hey Juan....welcome to the game.1.

The long and short of it is, you don't need to use your money although having some "skin in the game" helps.

I understand that the streets are lower and you'd expect the water to go there first, but what I want to know is whether the home itself would be considered to be in that zone for insurance purposes.I use the following web site.

I'm turning over the leg work to my renter as this is his finances and I'm just responsible for the end game.

Fresh into the game of REI.

Just take their word for anything that might be wrong with the property.To be a little less abrasive, look at it as a simple numbers game, is it worth the $400 to have someone who is working as an agent for you to inspect a $100K Home?

Search the forums- key word- wholesaling, there are plenty of step by step posts.You can also check out Clever Investor or Flip to Freedom web sites, or Youtube wholesaling houses.Hope this helps.

But then you go to the auction and well then the local players are there and you get out bid.. or you end up getting caught up in it and bid to much either way its a numbers game.... very hard to just pluck one at trustee sale very hard.

I would feel stupid vacuuming crackers and shampooing Play-Doh out of the carpet on a brand new car, but when they're grown it'll be game-on.

THEN, the credit background check came back--Evictions, bankruptcies, lawsuits --she swore it was her Sister who" STOLE her identity". she was a professional scammer, --they know the game and play it very well--