- Outside of that, I'd encourage you to visit cities you are considering investing, and get on the ground even for a weekend. 

No lease, no ground to stand on.

Hi Nicholas we invest in Toledo and have a great team on the ground there that we share would be delighted to assist you if you want to chat

So a question, haha, and forgive me if this sounds incredibly naive - how about getting a property manager or someone else with boots on the ground to do the underwriting by visiting in person etc.

They originally wanted to phase out STRs with deed transfer, but the complexity and lawsuit risk of that verbiage had them change to this. 

Also, make sure you have a great property management company who can be your "boots on the ground".

But just hating on wholesaling in a wholesaling forum is so unbelievably pointless. its not dead per se  but it is starting to be regulated as it should.. oregon just passed their version. where to wholesale you now need a license and over site by the RE commission.. along with criminal back ground and a BOND.. and as we know not everyone can pass either of those with the bond being the tough one if you have bad credit your not getting a bond.

But you will need some good capital and reserves unless you have a very trusted boots on the ground partner that can help you out.

Then Lowes phased out Olympic, and even with the paint code I couldn't get mixes that touched up.

have boots on the ground.... know and under stand the areas. understand when you will need permits. what areas in philly are you looking at?