While I do believe there's some truth to the cash buyers, I've been reading lots of blogs here on BP and I thought that anything over $50k+ could be financed?

This will only cost your time and a few extra dollars for gas.  

Then just break it keep the ones you liked and  tell the rest the truth... you were looking for information. i would not see why they would not be cool with it because the big picture was to get you to spend so no matter who you called you were going to spend money on the "Great Real Estate Game".Hope this helps.

Well, here's the truth of the deal: off market deals are hard to come by.  

http://www.cmarealtors.org/prelicense-class.htmlHere's the course outline for the exam http://www.mass.gov/ocabr/licensee/dpl-boards/re/c...The class will get you ready to pass the exam for the most part but if you are looking for extra learning/practice exams I always recommend the license professor.

Are you making extra principal payments each mo th?

Flips sound like I would really enjoy doing them more, but I have extremely limited knowledge in fixing/repairing homes and don't have much extra time to spend doing it, so I think the "fun" part of having a flip I wouldn't be able to participate in and would just have to hire out.

This may work in the long run because it gets the Seller their asking price and gives you the extra money you need to do the work, but you don't have to pay the Seller for years to come.

The taxes are exactly the same and if you compared the two side by side, there would be absolutely no difference between a sole proprietor and an LLC except that lines C and D are filled in on the schedule C with the entity's name and EIN and the LLC will have an additional expense each year of "Business Licenses and Annual Filing Fees"There is nothing wrong with a disregarded entity and there's no reason to go to extra lengths to have it file its own tax return, but if you're bound and determined, here are two options.1.  

And truth be told when people add their time into the equation for such a property the hourly wage achieved through effort is very nominal.