Educate yourself to ask better questions. 

But you really need to start with education.

Till then I'm getting educated about real estate!

Hi @Matthew Ashe, I'm going to echo with what @Michael K Gallagher said about education.

Using any of the tools under the "education" tab at the top of this page?

You will inspect the day of closing; the house must be empty...Please get creative deal education. 

Then you can make an educated decision about whether or not you want to move forward.

First step is to educate yourself on the business and the market.

I’m currently aggressively educating my self trying to read at least 4 books a month while also driving for dollars and going to as many R.E.I meetups within a 65 mile radius of my home, which is in Sarasota Fl.

Youtube has many educators on creative deals that take less cash (and more knowledge and network of experts to help you).