You'll find them a variety of ways: expired listings, landlords who have filed for eviction, probate sellers, pre-foreclosures, and as referrals from active agents, just to name a few methods.

if your a beginner highly unlikely your going to get Zero money down deals.. there will be some closing cost some cost involved.. you should work on some kish up front then go shopping.. nothing spells failure quicker than under funded.

I feel like I made a solid investment based on the cash flow but how can I use the BRRRR method if my appraisals are coming in so low in comparison with the cash flow?

Hello everyoneI invest outside of the US, working in Indianapolis, focusing on Flip.Looking for a method How do I know great contractors who focus on Flip, who have experience in the clip, who are timely, budgeted, honest, reliable.How do I manage to locate such contractors?

Have you thought about partnering up in joint ventures or getting involved in syndication?

Understand the fees involved and calculate the total cost for an entire year of management so you can compare the different managers.

Obviously there would be risk involved, as a lot of things can happen in 2 years.

as a newbie and who also wants to own my own properties before the end of 2018 I would like to know what your action steps/ method you used to get your feet wet in real estate and what did you learn ?

I'm in a cheaper market, but I use the HELOC method. 

Having to dig up the parking lot and redo the line to the street and repave can be many tens of thousands of dollars depending on the length of the run involved and how deep the lines are.Make sure you have the full financial numbers from the seller and they verify before spending thousands on inspections to only find out sellers numbers are wrong and they will not adjust the price etc.Hopefully in your purchase and sale contract you had language such as due diligence period does not start until ALL of the items listed are received by the buyer.