However, since I don't necessarily need to be totally hands-off in my investing, I'm now also looking into doing a flip in some of the lower priced areas of Southern California, like Riverside or San Bernardino county with the aim of taking on a project with a bigger potential payday.

Hi Melissa, The Auction i was in was Ending 24Hrs from My post Date, And there were Simply Too Many Houses & I Did not Have Them Narrowed Down Enough as the Auction of 6,800 Houses Closed .Although I Learned A lot throughout the  (Online Tax-Foreclosure ) Auction process, This Part/the " Legal Land Description + Matching it to a " plat Map" Really shook me and ate up Most all of my time Trying to figure this out ,As people/the County were "selling an Address" only to find out it was a Vacant piece of Land next to the home that they hadn't paid the taxes on.This was Frightening that i would purchase Something a Home only to find out it was Not a Home at All.ANYHOW , I WANTED TO GET BACK AND THANK YOU (though this seems alot of work for 1 home when looking at 100s-1000s to Analyse) Wish there were a More Accessable way for the public to match up these "Legal Land Descriptions" Rather then Feeling as if your "Bugging" an Agency for their info..Esp if for Several different properties.I will be Entering another Auction in a Week or so & (Although i will really need to narrow down my interests to use this method) I AGAIN AM GREATFUL FOR THE INFO & WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH, I LITERALLY COULD NOT FIND ANY, UP TO DATE,  LEGITIMATE RESOURCES,HOPEFULLY THIS WILL HELP NEXT TIME :)

It either has to come from your own resources or be gifted to you.I suspect it works similarly in your area.That said, there will be folks who will tell you ways to circumvent this requirement ... and it happens routinely, but in the end the lender could pull the plug on you if discovered ... or worse, the words mortgage fraud can come into play as you will likely attest that the downpayment comes from your own resources.

Hello Bigger Pockets family!

blumberg.com is a great resource for legal forms.

We are am working with a knowledgeable real estate agent, but I was interested in input from Bigger Pockets to get a fuller understanding of the challenges and opportunities. 

I've heard of a bigger pockets meeting at crows nest on Tuesday at 4pm from a friend.

It's  such an incredible resource!

Hi Everyone,I've been a member of bigger pockets for awhile, but haven't gotten around to doing a real introductions.

You can choose to flip a home, build a bigger reserve and decide to BRRRR.