Note that everything is fair game if you leave it accessible - Fine china, memorabilia,  heirlooms, even your favorite ice cream or personal hygiene items (your shampoos, hair products, brushes, etc are fair game if they are not locked away in the house, Replace them and hide away the stuff you wouldn't want to be used by someone else or broken.7.Make sure you have somewhere to go on short notice and for days at a time.

Different trades work differently...I buy the paint and caulk, but I don't buy the brushes, rags and dropclothes.I buy the fixtures and water heaters, but I don't buy the pipe.I let the roofer buy everything, but I tell him the brand and quality I want.I buy the sheetrock, mud and tape, but he provides the tools.I buy the light fixtures, switches, wire, junction boxes, the electrician shops with me at home depot or lowes so that he helps me pick out the panels and breakers.

LOL After you hit 4 houses those nerves will begin to go away, after 10, you'll feel the confidence of a Fuller Brush salesman.Really, it is easy and you just have to do it!   

But that's a pretty broad brush to paint all old properties as bad investments.

Right now, I am taking more time to brush up  and organize / automate our personal finances and build more cash cushion / safety net.  

It will take some brushing, vacuuming, etc.  

I kind of felt lost because on one end I'm sitting here taking it all in, realizing that this is a great network place but also thinking when I tell people that I'm a NEWBIE and I want to get into wholesaling I would probably just get brushed off.

I've spent my entire life stretching, striving, and at times even jumping....always with the result of brushing the brass ring with the end of my fingers, but never being quite "good enough". 

Lots of polishing and several coats of a self leveling epoxy, applied by a foam brush.

So I just purchased my first property and want to brush up on a concept.