So I'm looking for some advice, settle in this is a long one.I was lucky to pick up two house in Grand Rapids a few years ago before prices shot through the roofHouse 1 has a 43k note and could be sold for 120K (I've ...

I looked at Trenton for a while in terms of living and considered there myself, however the neighborhoods can change quickly.

The analogy I always think about is moving into your first house: you realize quickly things you wished you considered before you bought the house.

If you currently work with an independent agent and have a property in mind that may work, you could give them the address and ask for a quick quote.  

In the meantime of you looking for deals, you need to be stacking money as quickly as possible and another good thing you do with the FHA is utilize a 203k loan in which the rehab related expenses would be funded and this would be wrapped into your mortgage.

We are quickly approaching May 2018, which is when we will put it on the market.  

Quick question: If you have a financier willing to assist you in purchasing a property what are the main statistics that I should provide to them to prove that the property would be a smart and  profitable deal?

All of these little things have a cumulative effect on how quick you close. 

I work 60-70 weeks but with two kids and bills my money seems to disappear quickly so I was hoping to land 10-20 wholesale deals as a way of "quickly" saving up for down payments.

Just real quick I'd ask how he is at 36% Opex% if in your words it looks like a shoddy operation.