There are great people in both roles who are totally awesome and the negativity you hear about Wholesalers does not apply.

I never trust people that lead with any type of religion.

Positive/negative?  

Also, focus on 2 years of job/income stability.Class D Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, all cashflow with little, maybe even negative, relative rent & value appreciationVacancy Est: 20%+ should be used to cover nonpayment, evictions & damages.Tenant Pool: majority will have FICO scores under 560 (almost 30% probability of default), little to no good tradelines, lots of collections & chargeoffs, recent evictions.

Quote from @Rob Bergeron: Guys, this Jefferson Coutny lead paint ish is going to be wayyyyyyyyyyyyy worse for owners than you understand.

RE Pro Status supercharges this.If you or your spouse are an RE Pro, your LP investments can lead to depreciation offsetting both passive and active income.If you are not an RE Pro, the losses due to depreciation can only be used to offset passive income—such as income from other rental properties or other passive investments.This post is misleading ... 

An LLC has no effect negatively or positively on how a full doc lender will calculate your income.

Guys share  any of your last creative deals  how did you find the lead?

I suspect they are using someone else's identity or hiding something negative from their landlord.It is not uncommon for people to have good credit but still have an eviction or other problems with a previous landlord.

If you decide to self manage and want help with other functions we can totally help out.We also buy and sell real estate (candor realty), have a repair and maintenance company (CMR Construction) (includes snow plowing, lead abatement and full fledged rehabs) If you need any of those support services please let us know.