Establish a criteria that you feel works for what you wish to accomplish and hold on to it for dear life.

Im of the mind that I can use my working time to  search, contact, analyze, etc properties for flips or I can use that time and energy for networking, finding leads, establishing my brand, etc--I do expect this to be somewhat biased as this is a real estate investors website.Look forward to hearing some input on this!

That makes sense and I understand not wanting to go through all of that trouble without some skin in the game so to speak.

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Hi Chad, welcome to the game!

You need to have a good foundation and solid game plan to succeed!  

So my hubby and I made the tough decision to move back to his home town in MI while continuing his flourishing business remotely here in CA so we can jump into this Real Estate game quicker.

I didn't get one minute of sleep last night because I had an idea about how a seller could finance my "skin in the game".

After you established what type of investing you want to do, speak to people in the group that are currently using that strategy. 

Did You use Cap Rate to establish purchase or ARV?