I grew up in sub to wrap my Dad was doing them in the 70s and 80s and CA has a Deed of trust specially for this called an AITD  All inclusive Deed of trust great document.

Banks only have 10% of the money they lend thus it makes sense for them - but for people who are not a bank why make 6% taxes as ordinary income and barely keeping up with inflationThat $1000/mo payment will be worthless in 20 years.

It’s great to connect with knowledgeable people here and not be completely in the dark as I would be without this forum.  

Flipping is a high risk high reward endeavor, especially with people just starting out. 

I'd love for anyone to connect with me as I hope having people to talk to about all this will help make my first time jitters go away easier.

I'm trying to find people who are actually doing it to check that the theory works.

Can someone recommend a CPA who specializes in real estate investing as well as a real estate attorney?

I now work for a design/reno company that specializes in STRs. 

I'm glad to know people do have success with it in certain areas.

Our CPA specializes in real estate and is also an expert in interantional transactions.