There are also usually affordable housing sites that you can post on.

Despite some setbacks from poor advice, I am determined to continue.I believe I've located the right information to begin exploring various strategies for both short and long-term investing.

It's late I didn't read your post correctly.

Based on the information you provided, it would seem like you have no contractural obligations with the seller, and hence no recourse with the seller. 

Originally posted by @Neil G.

There are definitely some key differences between wholesaling and flipping that you'll want to consider as you get started, feel free to post the questions you have about it.

Our Bank has informed us the taxes for the first year were on the land only, but now it will be on the home as well as land for this current year.

It's a struggle starting out and I don't think it's talked about enough in more of a blunt way, in blog posts or any article on the web, everyone seems to softly speak about the introduction part that requires money.

If anyone has more information on what neighborhoods are the best to invest in for the former, I'd greatly appreciate any knowledge shared!

2) Agent calls about fixer-uppers BEFORE they hit the market.Challenge will be getting them at the right price, w/o insulting the agent.If you have the time or funds to hire someone to do it for you, suggest you setup Constant Contact or similar program to send monthly reminders to agents about:1) Your repair services that save deals2) Post 1-3 success stories with quotes from agents you helped - because they all know each other3) That you are looking for fixer-uppers, with some loose buy-box parameters (don't be too restrictive or you won't get deal exposure)You can then add every agent you encounter.It will take 3-6 months, but will eventually snowball if you do good work.