Simply own and live in the home for 24 months of the past 5 years from the date of sale, and receive a tax benefit of up to 250k of excludable capital gains from tax or 500k if married and filing jointly. 

On the tour yesterday, my agent and I noticed some settling in the floors in the top unit (vacant).

Cultivating relationships with architects, builders, and luxury real estate agents can unlock unparalleled opportunities in infill development, land subdivision, and tear-down projects.However, navigating this market requires a keen understanding of land valuation.

As for overseas based investing, @Travis Watts has talked quite a bit about his experience of buying properties on his own then gradually transitioning over to syndication investing.

Partner Driven financed the N Pasadena Ave deal using its own capital, covering the $162,000 purchase price and the $1,460 renovation costs.

I have experience in wholesaling deals, working with contractors, working with fix & flippers and landlords, and forming relationships with agents. 

Our family company owns 21 duplexes in the greater Akron, OH area.

I was planning to bills my own software based on my books, when I first saw houseflippingspreadsheet I decided that it was close enough to what I was going to build that there was no reason to replicate it.It's not exactly what I would have built (like you said the methodology and format is a little different) but it's definitely just as good, if not better than I would have come up with.

You may need to go out of state, which has its own problems. 

Partner Driven financed the Greenwood Ave deal using its own capital, covering the $154,000 purchase price.