Does anyone, who has really flipped a house before, have any advice for a new investor regarding techniques in finding motivated sellers and/or a recomendation for a course/book/ program focused on this task??
Have you drove around to find vacant houses? These are good, find the owner, especially out of towners or state. See what they want for it and go from there.
Google real estate forums also llots of info, some good, some not.