My concern has been how to execute from little or no money to begin fixing/flipping a house and how to re-use the profit towards repeating the process or engage with a different real estate venture.I am looking forward in learning more from you all.

That is something we need to get a hold of since it sounds like no one has seen it with their eyes for a long time.  

I am interested in buy and hold real estate - I want to to take advantage of cashflow and begin building my portfolio today!

If you are a flipper looking for your next project, or buy and hold investor, please message me so I can learn the specifics of your investing business.I am a licensed Broker based in Carlsbad, and serve the surrounding communities of Oceanside, Vista, San Marcos, Escondido and others. 

Just do an llc for now If you starting holding them each one can be its separate trust. 

New to the BP site and Buy and Hold investing.

That takes time and effort and expenses for due diligence that should be set off by the sale price and I doubt he will look at it that way.You'll get a better deal by making an offer on the whole mess, not cherry picking.Are these to flip or hold, determine that on each property. 

Go a couple times and look for repeat buyers.

Below are some quick tips about cash out refi vs HELOC/LOCCash out Pros-tax free money-low interest rate-fixed monthly payments unless you choose a variable productCash out Cons-closing costs (couple thousand)HELOC/LOC Pros-tax free -its a line of credit, hence you can use pay back then use again-usually NO closing costs on residential Helocs; there will be closing costs on commericial LOCs-commericial LOC is very fast moving as far as getting funding and refinancing  (Makes it easy to rinse and repeat)HELOC/LOC Cons-higher interest rate-variable rates-monthly payments depend on amount borrowedHope this helps,CB

My criteria is a multi-family property with the intent to buy and hold for cash flow.