What I like about what he’s offering is that he says he teaches people to purchase houses, as well as other types of properties, without using any of your own money, loans, or credit.  

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The couple places that pop up are SFHs or (2) bed condos.

You should find out and learn more about it here OR find a mentor OR shadowing someone

Brand new to this, looking to get my first deal out of state through creative finance or subject to.  

I know I still have some more learning to do, but I feel I want to focus on flipping and/or short term rentals to start.

The way around that being for my wife to be the lead or primary member on the LLC. 

The book was released in 2018, pre-covid, and I wonder if the RE market has just changed this much or if Michael is just really focused on finding the 1 out of 100 deal that has the high cap rate and is a viable deal.Ideally I'd like to find a community/mentor that can give me some input on the realities and possibilities of the deals in today's market and normalize some of the viewpoints that Michael states in his book. 

Do any of you have a standardized process, workflow, or checklist that you use to run these deals?  

Any other closing costs or fees or charges I have to consider.