If you continue keeping it cash flow will improve and eventually there will be good cash flow.  

The banks and gov't and businesses will eventually lend and create the next bubble. 

Im interested in wholesaling so that I can use that income to invest back into real estate and eventually become an investor and full time entrepreneur.

That strategy lets you make chunks of cash on each flip, which also gives you cash to buy your next flip, and then eventually you have enough money to buy a long term hold you can rent out for more passive income than flips.  

I want to be able to eventually invest in real estate and become financially independent.

So buying a 450k home in Pittsburgh means that eventually the property will be taxed at an assessment value of 240k, which is close at 5k.

I think wholesaling started out as someone exploiting a "blind hole" in the existing real estate process....eventually, enough people felt they got scammed and made some noise.The handful number of deals I listed from a wholesaler were enough to convince me that I don't want to list a property brought by a wholesaler...they don't yet own the property, and they try to make money off the ignorance of the "owner of record". 

But between you paying down your mortgage, plus the tax write offs, plus market appreciation it sets you up for having tens of thousands of dollars in tax free gains when you eventually sell it.  

I also wanted to compare the 4 different example plans to each other and eventually develop a customized plan for myself.In doing so however I’m noticing that the numbers didn’t add up from Example Plan #1 $1 Million in Net Worth in Rental Properties.In the example there is a discrepancy in the numbers when moving from the end of year 3 to the end of year 4.

Eventually your annuity/stock is AT LEAST $3m basis (from the refinances and the sales) not to mention growth and reinvestment.