It will be critical to try and pass your test on 1st attempt because the certificate will the be good for 6 years verses 3.IMPORTANT,,,all certificates expire at deed transfer and the new owner has NO GUARATEE of future passing.

The current owner is extremely delinquent and interested in selling the building.

You put in the property owner's info, and it spits out an email and phone number for them.

I know with my credit history I can get a great rate, but in order to do that I would need to have the property deeded to me.My question: In order to get the best rate should I have the deed contain only my name as the sole owner in order to get the best financing?

Sure, @Aldrin Contreras , it is ok to wholesale without a real estate/broker license... in fact, you don't need a realtor to wholesale a property if you find a owner who will sale you his/her property without a middleman....It is when you are looking to wholesale REOs is when you have to "DEAL" with a realtor...Good luck...

FHA loans are for home owners. 

Then you can get the benefit of owner occupied financing and start learning about dealing with a tenant in one go.Good luck.

I've been driving for dollars and collected a few property addresses but finding the owners are tricky.

Haven't closed a deal yet but I'm working the streets, knocking on doors, and cold calling absentee owners.

Here was my criteria:  Age of owner(s) 45- 65+, equity 60-100%, Loan origination date 1900-2006, Year built 1990 to present (I heard this in a podcast and went with it).