If you have to use hard money to buy the place, plus utilities, this could be $1000/month out of your pocket till the project is finished.There are so many moving parts to this game, I keep thinking of other small (or large) details. 

Top Ramin, spagettios, pasta, cereal, basically eat cheap, no deserts, no soda, alcohol, dinning out, etc... 

I found this FAQ helpful for research purposes on basic questions I had:https://www.trustetc.com/resources/education/faqs

Wasn't that basically what Al Pacino said in "Scarface"?  

Also are those rent numbers current or projected post-rehab?

I asked about getting set up and the leads and he basically told me I need to be patient and "all will be revealed" in the future.

@Felicia Richardson I basically just found neighborhoods with duplexes that I felt matched my criteria (safe, in reasonable shape, strong rents in areas that were either growing or would remain stable), used Zillow/Google Maps to help get the addresses for all duplexes those neighborhoods, and then typed the addresses into the county assessors website (not sure if your county will have a site that allows you to search properties by address, but ours does).

Looking to get my first flip project going in my hometown of Yuba City, CA and am having some trouble finding a GC to manage the rehab.

Perhaps this is speculation, but not having a basic knowledge of the markets in which I'd like to invest in seems lazy and not too smart, no?

It's basically real estate meetups in your local area.