Your best bet is a broker or correspondent lender with a medium size officet that is approved with many lenders/investors.Just because you walk into a bank to get a mortgage doesn't mean they are actually the lender.

A lot of these comments are votes for tear it off, being this is a flip, I bet most of you would not want to pay for it, considering that and the bottom line, along with the fact this home is in sunny CA, you still vote that way?!

Id bet it all on black... and still come out equal to, or better than 98% of newbie wholesalers whether I won or lost. :)

Now depending on what it is you want to do you can start while you're active to make the transition a little smoother; spend the next 3-4 years acquiring a few rentals that can pay you when you get out and start the clock for you to use the income for loans qualification (requires 2 years LL experience).So I would say long term financially your best bet will be to get out; (big caveat here) assuming you are prepared in those other ways I mentioned.

MHD is the platform.

Heck, start download podcast #1 and I bet you that by the time you reach #80 you can turn around and teach the guru yourself.  

Would the smart bet be to follow your realtor's lead on the starting bid?

The house looks nice, so I bet that it is related to the time of year. - Agree with Postlets...hope you have already done that by now, given how it is free.- Hope that sign is out already.

Trust me, I have not been doing this a really long time, but you can always bet your repairs are always going to be way more than you project.

Your best bet is to find local banks with only a few branches.