If you are not a US Citizen - you may be exempt from paying self-employment tax if you pay into a social security system in India and the US/India treaty exempts you from having to pay self-employment tax.You should work with a CPA who is very knowledgeable in this area.My only question/concern is if one can maintain a flipping business from afar(especially as far as India).

With social and business networks such as Bigger Pockets and Linkedin, is there any economic justification for having a middleman (or woman)?

If I would be claiming someone’s services I pay by check and get their social. 

Send out new social media requests.

Since it will be 12 years until I can take Social Security.

Send out new social media requests.

Or is it something brought on by the rising popularity of Social Media?

i'm the classic over analyzer, over researcher, over thinker, but i decided to start taking action by getting pre qualified, connecting with a real estate agent, looking at mls listings, and driving around to check the properties that interest me. my goal is to flip with my exit strategy being buy and hold as a rental. i work a full time job in the city as a digital marketer (think seo, sem/paid search, programmatic display, paid social media leveraging a dmp and liveramp). i'm hoping real estate could be an interesting "hobby".  

Boyd's eaten rubber chicken at a thousand municipal social events in the last thirty years, passing his business card over and over again at every one.

if you're forced to take his deal or nothing, then walk. if you're feeling some kind of social pressure to take a deal you don't want for ANY reason but especially if you think he will only help you because he's making money on you, WALKsounds like you just don't want to rock the boat which I understand, but that's a bad habit to get into.