Beginning the journey of wholesaling

[Colton Long]

I'm 28 years old looking to get into real estate. I figured I could start by doing wholesaling, eventually getting into buy to hold. I live in a small town outside of chattanooga tn so that would be my main place and do some outside of there as well. My questions are would you need a license of some sort for this, if not do you just start by finding a property with a motivated seller and contact them and begin negotiations? It seems simple but complex at the same time. I work in chattanooga as a Journeyman electrician and want to get into this. I just dont know exactly how to begin. Any and all advice would be awesome thank you.