Your best bet get a good insurance policy.Joe Gore

What I am finding a little difficult now, is I'm not sure I understand where exactly to go to find distressed homeowners on the county websites including but not limited to back taxes and code violations...

Your best bet is to find a deal where the total acquisition costs (including any deferred maintenance) are an amount that will equate to a positive cash flow return.

The issue is usually financing, more to the down payment and the cash on cash return on a limited amount of funds to work with, the best use of your money will be in getting a steal of a deal, doesn't mean you can't get a decent return from buying close to retail in great areas.

This is beyond the scope of most rehabbers, and would greatly limit wholesale buyers.

There is a limit of $117K for social security, which is 12.4%.

(Logan prof)In the beginning, in my opinion you focus on one thing and become exceptionial at it, then you branch to other things if you desire, trying three things initially, all at once, so you dont limit yourself, typically limits people from gaining real depth and knowledge required to become good at something.My viewpoint.

I bet your civil engineering background might come in handy in RE investing.

My advice is limited to knowing your competition.

If you have a CC with a high limit on it and they are mailing you these "balance transfer" checks, you can do a lot.