Interested in doing a flip in the next few months.On for example, a 400,000$ purchase here in suffolk county NY, there could be greater than $15,000 closing costs.Is there a way to minimize these costs to minimize breakeven -- would paying cash eliminate a lot of the lender fees -- is it even worth it?

They are not negotiating for me, they are taking down initial basic information then they set an appt for me to call back and negotiate with anyone that indicates they do have a house they want to sell.yes, I'm concerned that some potential deals are also getting screened out, this is what i was referring to.

It needs to be convenient and minimal distractions.Hiring or making a Team full of local and experienced professionals that are willing to help you.  

I am living in my second VA currently.)You would have to move into the second property since for VA you have to be purchasing a home to live in but there is nothing from my process that indicates you have to commit to staying there for a specific time forever.So depending on how much you can get approved for after your 1st, buy the biggest MF you can on the 2nd.

You haven't indicated what any of your goals are, so my advice is to do nothing until that is identified.

We do have a real estate agent assisting us in finding renters and with the showings, however, I'm not really sure we should have a first "bad start"Should we minimize the risk of the "buts" by requesting a higher upfront deposit (e.g.: 3 rents in advance)?

We do have a real estate agent assisting us in finding renters and with the showings, however, I'm not really sure we should have a first "bad start"Should we minimize the risk of the "buts" by requesting a higher upfront deposit (e.g.: 3 rents in advance)?

Reviews on Amazon seem to indicate this book is more fluff than content.

In addition, we want to minimize the amount of TLC-work we need to do because we want to focus our energies elsewhere.  

I also put them on Craiglist and post them on Socialserve.com which indicates I accept people with disabilities, Sec 8 etc. the problem is not getting prospective tenants.