Ideally, I'd like for my wife to transition over full time to our REI business first, then I would like to follow suit within 5 years or so.Looking forward to networking and learning with some of the best here on BP!

I'm interested in getting into flipping low-mid priced homes in the charlotte area, and ideally find some buy and hold opportunities for the long term.Im working on becoming familiar with the city and it's small "pockets" of diverse neighborhoods and hoping to meet and discuss the area and business with other investors, RE agents, contractors, etc to hopefully do business with down the road. 

I did try to get photos, but just could not get the detail with the phone camera:-(The cabinet rescue is awesome by itself but the matt clear really pushes it over the top, with an ideal (imho) low gloss finish.

Not ideal, but it might get the job done.

@Scott Bowles as others suggested, ideally they will give you a copy of their Schedule E.

Ideally your purchase price would be enough to let the owner pay off the lien that's foreclosing and all others. 

Ideally I would want a 2-4 Family Home where I can live in one unit and rent out the rest to have breakeven cash flow worst case scenario and a modest $50-$100 NOI Per Door - would be ideal.

When purchasing our new family home we asked our lender if we could still purchase the home if we held onto our previous house, the numbers worked to keep it (cash flowing below the number I would ideally invest in, but it still cashflows positive).

Thinking of updating it having a window to allow light in would be ideal. 

And I feel the ideal portfolio can benefit from the diversification of both.Directly owned properties are great because they give you maximum control and the ability to tweak them exactly how you want.