We recently acquired a fixer upper by buying it 'subject to.'  It has been cash flowing $495/mo for the past six months.  Its time for a cash out refi.  The lender tells me the title of the house needs to be in my per...

Follow the process, whatever that is in your state.  

We enjoyed the process, kept our first as a rental and are at a place where we can begin investing and are interested in either a flip to sell or flip to own.It seems like everything in the marketplace is for cash sales and while we have about $30K at our disposal, it seems that this would cover the rehab budget in the deals we have been interested in.

I'm looking to make my first deal very soon and then hopefully continue the process of building my knowledge.

I have a good understanding of Real Estate, Planning and Zoning but this process is new to me. 

I apologize in advance for not being more educated, I am in the process of learning but it helps me so much to get feedback here.  

I will definitely give them a call tomorrow as we are in the process of selecting 3 GC´s to check the property and submit bids.

Once you finish remodeling it you can decide if you want to repeat the process but I will assume you decide to repeat the process.Prior to moving out and repeating this process refinance it (not using the VA/FHA loan). 

I'm in the process of hunting for my first investment property - I'm in talks with a realtor who has basically said to let him know what properties interest me and we can do more research from there (ironing out the costs I'm going to be looking at if I were to purchase the property).

Make sure it explicitly explains the process for termination if you are unhappy with their services, but especially if they violate the terms of your agreement.3.