Now I'm looking to buy, fix and resell properties in the DC metro area.

I know when reselling it will obviously come up and I have to put up a new roof .

Seems to me this should help tremendously on reselling these properties but that's just my guess. 

When you request a loan draw payment, the Lender sends a 3rd-Party Inspector to inspect the property to ensure the project is ready to receive the next loan draw payment.Financing Costs ExampleIn this example, a rehabber purchased a property for $100,000, that needs $50,000 in repairs and is planning on reselling the property for $200,000.

For example you find a house $100k for selling finacing and you put it under contract to resell it for 130k how do u do that with your broker?

The most important factor for investors to consider when it comes to making a profit off of a flip is who is my end buyer, what are they looking for, where are they looking and how long does it typically take to find that right buyer in that market.When reselling you want to go where the demand is because you dont want your listing sitting on the market and having to reduce the price to sell.

@Jeremy Holcomb A couple of clarifications:To get clear title, without a quiet title action, you have to wait 4 years from the issuance of the tax deed.I don’t believe the death of an owner prevents a quiet title action, just like it doesn’t prevent an foreclosure.You Can use Tax Tile Services out of Cali to insure your title on this purchase, instead of a quiet title action, after they verify the county tax collector followed proper procedure.....but you’d also need to use them if you resell within the 4 years.ORJust buy it with a quit claim deed, maybe you might have an attorney or title company look at the tax collector file to verify proper notices, etc, and wait the 4 years to get clear title.  

If your intent was primarily to resell (flip) then you can't do a 1031 (yet another thing Hollywood fails to mention).Secondly, a 1031 exchange isn't DIY. 

They will find everything possibly wrong with your home (and some probably even not too wrong) and beat you over the head with it to get the price as low as possible.Then once they buy the house, they do half of those repairs for half the price they quoted you for, and then resell it for a maximum price.

Would I have to purchase as my Primary Residence and then resell to my company when I am ready to move and make the transformation?