At best, wholesaling may require that you obtain a minimal understanding and experience in these three “foundations”.Look, I wish you luck in your endeavor, and I sincerely hope you end up in the 1% that find wholesaling  to be a profitable business.  

Still open to any PM recommendations if anyone has any.Hi Natalie, I was only using Icon for leasing purposes after they started up, but for the last few years I've been leasing and managing my own properties. 

@Philip Anderson I'd recommend checking out @Baird King's meetup in Santa Barbara and @Kevin Aranha's in Ventura. 

With $20K to work with and a being new to US real estate I would recommend partnering with someone local.

I'm looking to purchase some land in Martinsville, VA from out-of-state, and wanted to know if anyone is able to recommend a reliable property manager that services Martinsville, VA.

What strategies do you recommend for securing hard money loans for spec builds?

Separately from all of that - I recommend reviewing your lease up procedures to improve verification of signing tenants and their agreement and aware of terms and conditions. 

@Anthony Saheed I would advise you to be very careful to recommend people to speculate in volatile real estate markets.

I see there are some recommended companies on here.

Any suggestions or recommendations out there for best rate HELOC (not 2nd mortgage).