In most cases, the city or county will issue a notice to the homeowner, requiring them to take action.

With wholesaling, marketing budget is key, but also persistance and having the tools/resources to do it well. 

If the tenant is not allowing access to do a repair (NEVER in 10 years has this happened to me) you put a 24 notice on the door and go in.

Tell them to give the tenants the required amount of notice that they are in violation of the lease and see if they go.

The flip side I've noticed is they're usually personally guaranteed which may or may not be a deal breaker for people

I love Seattle, but I did noticed it has very high prices, similar to where I live in California.  

As a real estate broker here in South Florida, I have recently observed a noticeable trend in the real estate market: an uptick in what many are referring to as "Price Improvements" on property listings.

I've been here since 2007 (but only started investing in SFH recently) and have definitely noticed that when I see a duplex, tri, quad, 8+ they all seem to be in rougher neighborhoods...that being said, I myself definitely want to find some and may end up relying on off-market deals to find what I want.Let me know if you learn anything new about multifamily here in Memphis, I'd love to understand it more as well!

One thing I’ve noticed is that the Midwest in general offers strong rental yields compared to coastal cities, where property values tend to be much higher but returns are slimmer.As for local networking, I'd suggest tapping into local real estate meetups, the local chamber of commerce or investor groups.

I also noticed the area where I am looking to invest the rents seem to be dropping.