Hi Everyone, My husband @Kevin Kovalsky and I received a call from a motivated seller looking to get out of his house quickly so I think this could be potential for our first flip. 

I'm hoping to see whether RE is the best place for my money, or if some sort of stock strategy is better.

After sitting around it will get harder and harder for him to get motivated to get a job,  good chance they'll try to milk you for a few months afterward.   

You'll soon sort it out; just keep practicing by making offers.If you need any assistance, please feel free to reach out.Good luck!

I'm looking for reputable and like minded real estate agent and PM whom I can work with to purchase a rental property in Indianapolis. I'm looking for $60-70k property with rent potential of $900 in decent neighborho...

There are several different ways to go about this and a ton of great posts, member blogs, BP blogs, BP podcast, books which cover this topic in great detail so I will just provide you a few terms to search and you will find all the information you could ever want right here on BP.1)  Wholesaler - You are right if you could find a great wholesaler this could provide you a steady stream of properties which could be a good input into a fix/flip model.2)  Motivated Sellers -  If you want to dive in you can start looking for the motivated sellers yourself but this is not a easy endeavor.  

The replies provide so much information and motivation from experienced members.Best of luck on your REI ventures!!!

The seller become motivated, for example looses job and needs to move back East.2.

The other way is to do creative financing but that would require some more digging and finding a motivated seller. 

He is motivated to sell quickly cause one of his sisters needs the money and want to quickly get rid of the property.