Decide how much money you have access to, & the zip codes, city or state you want to focus on.

I don't know if the restrictions are there to protect the consumer. 

The issue is i don't know who is holding escrow all I know is she is looking for a condo because the sale is closing soon.it is a cash buyer who contacted me to set up an appointment  the buyer denied access because they felt ill, the buyer decided to knock on the door anyways and thats when things began between them.

Will depend of course on what you have access to with regards to getting that experience.

Renters may not be calculating or don't want to commit to a place, but investors around the country should be very acute about profit opportunities...Condos in Las Vegas often come with rental restrictions.

. :)  But this is what the flipping Gurus teach and many have gotten in trouble promising 40k a month and you to can do that.realization is the average person unless they have access to a few million in cash and loans will never get to those volumes..

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That’s the main benefit from pooling our money together, the fact that we can get access to deals that the average real estate investor can’t secure due to lack of funding. 

Just make sure you have access to extra funds, in case you run into surprises during the rehab, or if you underestimate the repair costs. 

Then because he is a licensed agent he was able to access the lock box and get inside.