I had a reputable person come out who will put in the flashing for $150.

I would off course have the property inspected, lawyer/title company on board then and agent. 3) How do I find a reputable property manager, that can market my property, manage rental income, and pay expenses, and deal with tax?

Look up name search CA Secre.State site, and DBA's names on L.A. county recorders web.

Theres a way to get around it where you dont have to put up the funds yourself personally in which your buyers would be putting up the funds and thats after you have built up a reputation for bringing them deals but i suggest you knock out a couple of these reos first...you could also jv with another wholesaler and go split the costs which u would workout the wholesale fees or however you work that out with the other guy...the $1000 sometimes is 2k as well,just depends totally.I would also suggest you read up on here a lil bit more on wholesaling reos cause it seems as though u are new to this although im not trying to bash you or anything ..the earnest money deposit is emd for short.

No experienced or reputable broker would ever send a loan to Remington or BlueStone.You feed on unexperienced brokers and desperate borrowers and only serve to make my job harder as an honest broker.

No reputable broker would refer to that type of mortgage as "fixed"...

Check a few other web sites that I listed to see what rents are actually being received.It's like gathering comps based on listed prices.

Obviously, looking for a low-cost, reputable solution.

Have some trust that the GC is reputable, pays his contractors on time, etc.

Call a couple of reputable property managing companies and ask them if I where to hire you to manage my property what rent would might you expect and what vacancy rate would you use.