Another good example may be found in Steve Burges' book "Buying and Selling Apartment Buildings".Nick

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Guess maybe I should get the flipping book I see here on the marketplace because I feel like I need a general overview with a few step-by-step instructions and a list of do's and don'ts.Oh, I am financing the house and rehab and he is doing all the legwork at this point and when we sell he would get his 3% as the listing broker.All suggestions, guidance and constructive criticism is welcome :-)

He was so busy in the field taking care of the violations and the transition that he didn’t have time to do the books, so I agreed to take over the accounting until school was done.

At this point I only have been able to come up with phone book companies.  

Nice opening post in my book, Richard.

J Scott's book on Flipping Houses may be of help to your goal.

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