I have been looking into some Texas markets as I have a few skills that might travel well.

The GCs that are financially stable enough to be able to float the renovation costs on a project long-term are the type of GCs that probably aren't going to be interested in partnering on flip (they can do it themselves).The GCs that will likely want to partner with you will probably not have the means or the skills to get the job done well and be able to float all the costs.Just the realty of this business based on my experience -- the good GCs that want to be involved in flipping already are...

Rusty Thompson Yes, I'm always on the look out for a cheap labor that is still skilled and motivated.

No matter how you look for properties you will come across many poor choices compared to good investments, so make sure you are skilled in analysis to separate good investments from poor ones.

That is an essential skill when working with non uniform engineering materials (earth) where we try our best to quantify engineering solutions with limited information.

You have some serious rhyming skills for sure!

I have done this on rare occasions when I had maintenance work that needed to be done and the tenant had those skills.

Let's face it, everyone has skill sets and while it may be easy for one person to give me a play by play for structuring wholesale deals, that to me still sounds overwhelming.

Also, sometimes I will hire one of the more skilled handyman types who I have worked with before to oversee a project with a little oversight on my part.

I'd suggest you have other marketable skills other than RE as RE is very cyclical, feast or famine unless you are very flexible and can play in various aspects of RE such as management, construction, development, finance and marketing, with a good education you can make a swift transition to any aspect of business.