I am attempting to rent out my home of 12 years now .

A word of GREAT caution attempting to self-repair your credit... 

Good luck to you in your endeavors in real estate. 

I hope the resources within this forum will facilitate success in this new endeavor. 

I am new to REI and am attempting to explore all avenues to make my first deal.

I “thought” they would come back and get the second in the next few days.Unfortunately four weeks went by and despite certified letters and phone calls to the previous owners from the realtor, it was never removed.Ultimately I paid a guy $275 to make it disappear.Obviously, I have not been happy having to deal with this problem for the last month and the fact that I had to pay for its removal is maddening.Especially since I feel that both realty companies, the previous owner and the contractor all walked away with my money and I was left holding this bag.In the future I will not make this mistake.But, my question to BP is whom should I attempt to get reimbursed?

It is certainly not a passive endeavor in my opinion and I sure wouldn't invest in a rough area out of state and pray that I had a somewhat competent property manager.  

I am in support of your endeavor here, but I have a few questions.

As a wholesaler, would you wait and attempt to contract with the seller at a later date or would you just ditch this house and keep going?

I hope you continue to do well with your endeavors.