Good deals come from motivated sellers.

I've done tons of renovations for pennies on the dollar but usually I just take the money I may do some sweat equity but now that I turn 30 I'm really motivated to build up a rental portfolio and stop turn all my cash in the trash.

@Jay Walcott it sounds like you have a good plan, but I think your best bet is going to be locating motivated sellers that don't already have wholesale contracts in place.

Yep, you've definitely found a motivated seller!  

The same way that you judge the rate to hold rents is sort of the same way you can look to judge your SF situation.  

(this is the second sorting of your network)."

I would recommend everyone to get some sort of system in place to clearly see your finances breakdown, whether it be excel, an app, maybe even good ol' fashioned pen and paper! 

That is sort of what happened here.

My short term goals are to 1) establish a working relationship with home flippers in the area and to cater to their needs profit wise  2) Help motivated sellers quickly get out of what can be a bind.

As a beginner, when you begin marketing to motivated seller through various channels (postcards, classified ads, pay per click, pay per text, bandit signs etc) and the calls starts coming in, what questions do you have in mind to ask these sellers?