Are there any other curiosities you have about the program?

The MAREI meeting in Overland Park (Kansas City Area) is May 12th - Networking is from 6 pm to 7pm and you can connect with about 10 of our vendors who host a sponsor table, probably 20 other vendors in the room, plus 100 or wo of the areas movers and shakers.Come prepared to network and meet people.First time visitor guest pass available when you pre registerSee the BP calendar for details and links.

Your good credit is great and will help you tremendously with all the lender programs available to real estate investors.Now with wholesaling you truly only need money for marketing and your credit does not matter. 

You will not have appropriate coverage if you use those policies.There are specific insurance programs for flipping. 

Are there affiliate programs for wholesalers?

Quick update: we made an offer on Fairfield property & the offer is basically dead (at the moment), seller is refusing to drop below $360k ($5k below current ask), so I'll circle back in a few weeks to see if they've decided to finally get with the program and sell (vs getting foreclosed).Came across another very compelling unit, but there are already 6 offers (of which at least 1 is full ask), so not likely to be able to get that one.Working on getting our home on the market (we're delaying till 3rd week in May when our daughter finds out if she will be doing clinical rotations in Philly area hospitals - she's finishing up 2nd year medical school). 

Lawrence,With your credit score, for a low down payment program you should be looking at a conventional 97% LTV program, preferably either HomeReady or Home Possible as they have better mortgage insurance rates as well as interest rates. 

Prepare a letter with your contact information, how you can be contacted and what times of the day, where they send the rent to and anything else you want them to know.

One of the best benefits in real estate is your ability to physically effect your investments and change outcomes to an extent with preparation and research. 

This is the bank I worked for, and we were constantly kicking contractors off the program for not ensuring the people creating the loan were actually authorized to do so.I'd say it can be a good investment if it's something that your market can support, but in general think of it like a pool.