First time home buyers will fall for that gimmick again and again in a hot market. 

Another suggestion that might work would be Yosemite Falls Cafe on Shaw/Blackstone.

I never fall for the sales pitch but I always learn or get reminded of something in the free one so I keep going.

All of my contracts have a financing clause, so if for some reason, my loan falls through, I'm able to cancel the deal.

Tenants fall behind all the time.  

Just don't catch a falling knife :-)

To find out whether his actions fall under the umbrella of the criminal statute, you could contact either a local cop or a victim's advocate at the local courthouse.

The problem is, though, that i fall short on the negotiation experience on buying the off-market deal to to go in and say "yeah, the ARV is X, we're looking at Y in repairs if i'm lucky, a realtor will charge you 6% and you'll be stuck here until they sell it, etc." to work that best price whereas an experienced flipper might be able to use that experience to edge out a little more profit. 

If everything falls into place I would like to be sitting on a couple hundred units with positive cash flow while still being able to flip properties to generate revenue.Hope this helps. 

You've got the right idea, connecting makes everything fall into place.