Hopefully I'll be able to learn more about alternative approaches after getting up there.

It just makes too much sense if you have a choice to go for a 60k listing needing 20k of repairs and possible surprises OR the rehabbed listing for 80k down the street...close, place and automate...done!

Since you know you want to do it, it may be an alternative to consider while also taking a "day job" in some related field (title company, realtor, lender, etc). 

He had the audacity, while the other agent was showing me the property, to text me and tell me that, "he made the right choice" because he sold his vehicle. 

In all seriousness, I really respect your choice to "follow your dream" at such an early age instead of taking the path of least resistance and going to work for "The Man" right after college.Thus far, your recipe for success has been to work harder, not "smarter", control costs by doing all of your own labor and buying all of your own materials, living frugally, renting them out as you complete them and then, rinse and repeat.Screw working "smarter."

That means you're likely putting all your contracting eggs in that basket, and if for some reason it doesn't work out with your FIL (too expensive, low quality, too slow, etc), you won't have the experience going out to find contractors and will likely make some bad decisions with respect to future contractors.Think of it this way -- 90% of all contractors aren't going to be good choices for rehabbing/flipping houses. 

The director may prescribe rules for alternative and electronic record storage."

Earnest MoneyThe Buyer's earnest money shall be held in escrow by an agent of Buyer's choice. 4.

No, he didn't really say why - just offered some alternative wording that I'd never heard of before.  

On the Bigger Pockets forums, S-Corp appears to be a popular (but not universal) choice for flipping, as an s-corp would help with avoid profits all being taxed as ordinary income (Federal, State, and then an additional 15.3% for both sides of FICA).In my case, tax rate something as follows:INCOME TAX- Federal (up to 36.9k): 15.0%- CA State (up to 39.3k): 8.0%- FICA - both sides of medicare and social security: 15.3%--------- Total Ordinary Income Tax Rate (Fed+State+FICA): 38.3%- Total Dividend Tax Rate (Fed+State): 23.0%I could be calculating this wrong, but for the flip scenario, I'm estimating the numbers as follows (just updated them to reflect new financing terms and flat-fee MLS): - Purchase Price: $14,000.00- ARV: $60,000.00- COST Rehab: $18,000- COST 5 months of holding costs (flip insurance, debt, utilities): $1,727.50- COST Closing costs (flat-fee MLS and marketing/ 3% buyers realtor fees/ county transfer tax/ 2% closing costs): $3,465.00PRE-TAX PROFIT: $21,707.50Applying the above tax table, the post-tax profits appears to be as follows: - No S-Corp total taxes (100% taxed at 38.3%): $8,313.97- With S-Corp total taxes ($1,500 taxed at 38.3%, remaining taxed at 23%): $5,222.23So, assuming my numbers are correct, with an S-Corp, it's a tax-savings of around $3,000.