I am not a burn-the-boats type of person, and I am more productive with a backup plan.

If that person want profit from each deal going along, you can make agreement with each deal you are doing. 

From personal experience, MLS deals are much less lucrative given their higher price points (typically).With respect to financing, you can talk to any of the hard money lenders on this site for different financing programs they offer (some are tighter with someone who has not yet executed a flip), you can take equity out on existing properties you have, you can use private loan from a friend or relative.

Good morning,  can I get a personal loan as a down payment for an investment property?

It's tough for me to answer on a learning curve question I went to high school for architecture and college for construction management and I've never personally flipped a house, although I know how to budget and schedule it.

Apology:By the way, I spoke personally with the seller about it at DME.

Get a separate person for a CPA.Get a legal advisorgo to meetup or just find them here.

Tacking onto what @John Koster said, the POS ordinances can be tougher in certain cities than others and the tax rates in the burbs can turn a dream deal into a nightmare rather quickly.I'd find a knowledgeable agent who also invests and work with this person to learn the areas and see what fits your investing profile.

I did some research and their reviews are quite frankly not great (I get it, no one likes insurance companies).

A few counties have in-person tax lien auctions, not through GovEase.com, but it is the same rules.Alabama tax lien investors can only accumulate the correct number of tax liens for the correct number of years and then file a lien foreclosure lawsuit.