Serving as an accountant for association dues also does not require a real estate license.Only those property management activities that involve a conveyance of real estate by contract or lease require a real estate license.

Are there any unpaid contractor bills that could attach later as mechanics liens?

Now keeping in mind that I'm a licensed general contractor, should I consider getting a different contractor (in name at least) to write up repair estimates for submitting with my offers?

Even as a part owner, working in the capacity of a contractor IF there was a contract you could still place a lien on the property but it would also create an additional hurdle when selling.

It was from a different licensed contractor that is a friend of mine :wink:

You really need to go read through the Wholesaling Forum to get an idea of what you need to know about the whole process.To answer your specific questions, yes, you can do it without a loan by either assigning the contract or double closing, and, yes, it is legal in California and in Texas.To reiterate my first point, you really need to go read through the Wholesaling Forum to get an idea of what you need to know about the whole process.The type of financing your "investor" is using to buy the property with will make a big difference on whether you will be able to wholesale it to him.

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easy because you're not sitting on land, you're not busting your butt or contractors butt to finish a rehab, etc.you're purchasing with assignment rights and you're buying at a signficant discount so that if you cannot wholesale to investor (a possibility, but more than likely, if you've done your networking homework, not going to happen) - you'll be purchasing a property signficantly under market value (over 30%).with foreclosures - that's different.

Is it okay to hire a handyman vs. a contractor?

If a guy (contractor) gives you a job cleaning Wal-Mart's parking lot, and you went to the store on your day-off and said that you'd do it for $10 less, I'd think that was pretty unethical.