I know the podcasts and books speak about being in a deal with zero skin in the game, but that is an outlier situation not the norm. 

Seek out those who’ve been in the game for a while.

- Will they go out to the property, take videos and go out of their way to show you the properties?

the more units you have the less per unit per month.Like @Ryan Moyer mentioned, OwnerRez has a library of videos you can view and has a 14 day free trial, unlike Hostaway that doesn't have a free trial.

Quote from @Ashley Mierez: I'm considering getting into wholesaling, but from videos and some research I have done it seems like a lot of investors and agents don't like wholesalers?

That's why we started offering BRRR Turnkeys, where we help investor source a property (or they can find on their own), we rehab it, supplying rehab videos so they can see what was actually done.

In my opinion, TXTing takes out more from you then actually bringing in - It often feels like a constant game of cat and mouse with phone carriers.

My take: Gather intel on the area (neighborhoods, tenant demand, property management), have a game plan for your numbers (cash flow, maintenance reserves), and adapt as you go.

Basically any advertising, word-of-mouth, video postings; things of that nature.

I am an out of state investor and in the past I have purchased my properties based on video walkthrough that my (trusted) realtor does.