I am having difficulty discerning whether I need to be patient and wait longer or if I just haven’t exhausted all the potential resources.

My project needs more than an hour or two. :-) What kind of properties are you looking for?

Part of me wants a single-family house but that also means I will exhaust all my savings and take out a mortgage. 

Just mentioned this on another post, but agreed it's exhausting.

I’ll try next month the seasoning time would have exhausted and update the masses

Fix and flipping is a real estate business, rather than an investment, IMHO.

I know the emails from everybody can get exhausting lol!

I am just concerned about your approach because I think I would exhaust the supply of "For Sale" 1-4 unit investment properties in my target areas in 2 weeks.Also, I am new, and less confident in my decision/offer making ability.

I can pay more than an investor since I don’t need to flip it- short sale/REO/ or foreclosure auction seem possible routes; I did phone Suntrust who wouldn’t provide their “distressed listâ€â€¦ Perhaps I should contact title company?

Tommy, If you search the forums here, there are some great ones already (and exhaustively) discussing pros and cons of obtaining LLC.