I have very little knowledge with investing in real estate, and this was extremely helpful.

Outside of real estate, I'm an entrepreneur and 3D Landscape Design or Outdoor Living Luxury Expert. 

@Lamar Athill become an expert in the area you are trying to wholesale. 

Verifying last 2 years of rental history and income extremely important to find the “best of the worst”.Make sure you understand the Class of properties you are looking at and the corresponding results to expect.PM us if you’d like to discuss this logical approach in greater detail!

I am here to learn, and gather suggestions from experts. 

I am here to be a sponge and to connect with other experts in the rental property space.

You go to the internet.Well, guess what So does everyone else including actually MOTIVATED sellers.The ONLY way to reliably get in touch with motivated sellers is for you to make it extremely easy for them to find you.I call this "stalking the watering hole".SEO is obviously the best, but  PPC and Facebook ads (a service I do not provide... meaning I am not just saying this BECAUSE I offer SEO) are the next best thing each with advantages and disadvantages.Now, you are better off investing in an ever working lead generation system so you can automate this to generate the highest quality leads for free, than investing in a list, no matter the list and every single time you send mailers you have to 1) Hope they see the mailer2) Hope they open the mailer3) Hope that when and IF they open the mailer they are in the mood to read it4) Hope that when they 1. find the mailer, 2. and hopefully open the mailer, and 3. hopefully they are in the mood to read your mailer, and 4. they are coincidently in some sort of motivation state to act on the mailer, they will give YOU a call when they have received 400 other mailers from other peopleYou do realize that 50% of 50% is 25%.

If anyone here has experience with STRs abroad or has consulted with international tax experts, I’d love to hear your insights!

I live in California and the housing market is extremely expensive. 

You get to rent to professionals who are less likely to trash your property, you get to charge a higher rent than long term, and you're being paid by large, 3rd party companies that are extremely unlikely to not pay rent.