I am now in the process of contacting a GC and getting to know who can do what at a fair price AND ON TIME.My question: has any experienced flipper ever partnered up with a neophyte and showed him the ropes.

As this will be untraveled territory for me an experienced agent is a must.

I would still visit the property 2-3 times a year as my alma mater plays this team once a year and it's not THAT far.

A few things that may be helpful to you here on the Bigger Pockets website as you search for a team to support your first buy:You can set up keyword alerts so anytime someone posts about Huntsville or apartments / multi-families, you'll be notified.

Unless he has connection to a very good GC experienced in the area and referred by people he knows, this spells out a bad situation.  

However I must admit I also always invest in other sources of incomes so I invest in private companies where there is offered some control to me the investor and I do not ever depend on any management team that does not offer me decision making power such as in publicly traded companies.

I guess my question to you more experienced investors, should I should I buy the home now and assume the issue won't be significant considering the past 13 years of ownership, or should I apply for the conditional use permit and only purchase the home when that is approved?

She then made the original listing with realtor.I keep hearing conflicting information from people experienced in the market and I'm trying to sort out the gems.

Have you experienced any hate like this because you choose to invest or manage real estate?

Thanks for the inputs everyone, and thank you for not taking my questions seriously, as I'm sure for anyone slightly more experienced these questions may have looked a bit silly :) I've gotten more than what I expected to learn from this post, it seems that I didn't even properly differentiate private vs hard money!