A 5% down conventional loan might also be an option, depending on your income.

Makes sense, since HELOC depends on the apprised value 3.

Also, if you say no financial contingency, then what happens if after I get the property under contract and present it to my investors they start back-stepping,"In one breath you say you are fix and flipping but in another mention the phrase above which tells my you are a wholesaler of a contract and not a cash buyer.I don't know why people intermix the two.The difference matters to an asset manager.If you give them a quick close,no contingencies,cash in your bank account that you control valid within the last thirty generally you can get much lower offers accepted.Now it all depends on what type of property you are going after and they type of bank or government institution involved as to how much impact a certain strategy will have.

Depends on the state.Many states start the bidding on taxes owed and go up from there.

I guess that depends on whether you like the smell of being down wind from a garbage dump. 

Read the electrical and plumbing code, from what I read, anyone can replace light fixtures, switches, recepticals and faucets, but that’s how I read it, as for permits, depends where you are, some places have $200 thresholds, some require permits for any work, others do not require permits unless structure is changed like in Merrill.

We have one that's about 2x the rent, but this would depend on your lease).

It all depends on the seller.

At the end of the day, this all depends on your budget. 

Appreciating it as a student of the Constitution and as a former trailer park resident.it might depend on which specific individual were talking about, but most of the founding fathers supported the idea of the common person being able to have a decent life with a little property ownership.