i think you can be successful if you are willing to do what you alluded to, which is spend time in person in your chosen market. 

I 100% endorse adding in the escrows for taxes and insurance to set the buyer/borrower up for success. 

Having reasonable expectations, hiring a local professional (Realtor or PM), doing your research, and doing everything right (i.e. pro photos, professional design, good renovation, proper amenities and location, etc) are the keys to success in 2025.

We do this for a living and our reputation depends on you successfully securing a loan, on time, and as promised. 

But I’d say the key to success is building a reliable team on the ground.

I would agree that RE prof status is hard to achieve with a limited number of properties.

Been thinking about investing in one of these sites, but want to hear which other wholesalers have had more success with and which offers the most benefits versus the cost.

I paid for 10k program and paying 97.00 per month for addl info needed to be more successful.

If you purchase a rent ready RE investment this could be 0%, but at the opposite extreme a good brrrr can produce the now elusive infinite return (I have achieved this on most of my RE investments but believe it is very challenging in the current market to bp not be cash negative after the refi to extract the added value.I expect to make an offer this week.  

He has repeated the process in which you mentioned with success.