We've rehabbed 6 houses on our own and I've now wholesaled north of 300 deals to other real estate investors.I've recently left a company that I was finding deals for and have started my own company - Craftsman Properties - to provide deals, contractor referrals, financing, design assistance and real estate brokerage services to folks flipping houses in Southwest Ohio.  

Only once you feel like an expert in your designated zone do you expand to a new zone. 

@Brendan Kortz I would suggest that you either spend the money to have an attorney draft a purchase agreement for you or you use the contract designated and created for use in your state.

We own a double lot & even though we have a pole barn on the back of the adjoining lot they designated the remainder of the lot 'wet lands' & we can't build on it.We have seen many such cul de sacs come up on Tax Lien auctions here for the same reason.

Instead as an example a broker/agent can have a client buyer/seller they represent and then have the opposite party as a customer performing ministerial acts.There is also deginated agency where you can designate different agents within a brokerage to work with opposing parties.   

@Marcos Gutierrez time is going to be your biggest enemy here....time for design, permits, and front end things before you even break dirt could be 3 to 6 months depending on engineers, the city, tree huggers, endangered species, ect. ect. 

Did you come up with the designs and floorplans?

It's designed to not have any long term loans for holds.

Mechanism is about $400, the tenants supply the mattress but it is designed to lift in no time. 

It is designated as a Historic Landmark by both the city and the county and is a focal point of many events and local news.