I wanted to take a moment and introduce myself as well as get more involved in the local RE community.I'm 25, moved to New York City (Astoria) about 3.5 years ago, and have a full time corporate job in Financial Services Consulting.

I really want this house for my family, but do not want to run into title issues as the home is very expensive already.Emails from sellers closing company / servicelink who is working for Hudson&Marshall...Email I sent to service link.."

Offer your services for free to a wholesaler or some investor so you can learn.

I wouldn't be surprised if they ended up doing Titles, Closings, Foreclosure processing, HELOCS, 2nd's and servicing.

Some servicers may approve relocaiton money to a homeowner as part of a short sale. 

What is the best skip tracing service that you have discovered?

I offer a subscription service.

However, everything else about this property lines up very well, and I want to pull the trigger or move on asap, since I've already analyzed it forwards and backwards.Here are the details:625k PPcurrent monthly income $5,600, annual income after expenses (utilities, taxes, maintenance, repairs) is 46k, which would cash flow after debt service, but not a ton.However.

So if I start with a duplex or a quad as my first property my goal would be to have a net cash flow of $500I intend to use the "BRRRR" (Buy, Rehab, Rent, Refinance, Repeat) method but have never used this strategy before so I still have a lot to learnIf I only close on two deals starting in 2019 then I will need to find another 20 deals in the remaining four years (2020-2024) that also meet this criteriaBeyond 2024 I plan to continue to scale even more over the next 3-5 years with an end goal of financial independence by ~2030 (meaning that I will not work a "day job" but will passively manage my real estate portfolio)Biggest hurdle: I'm going to be living outside of the US for the next 3 years and will (likely) not be able to physically see any properties that I plan to purchase.

@Drew Greene Welcome - and thank you for your service.