However, a multifamily purchase could work quite nicely. 

It’s all BS.If AI truly worked, there’d be no need for DMM, D4$, cold calling, or any of these other methods.

On public websites, I see some options to acquire a duplex in central Los Angeles under $550K which would require at least another $50K of work if I do not outsource most of the labor.

It is possible to utilize low down payment loans and live in great neighborhoods in Chicago Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

Third, if you don't know the caller, let it go to voicemail and if neither of those work, file a 2nd mortgage lien, payable to you for an amount 5x the value of your home. 

First post here! Am excited to venture into wholesaling and I've been educating myself on terms, technique, and form of going about it. Just struggling to find any good leads with not much access to mls and other paid...

Or was it just you driving around a side of the city you work in until you found those distressed properties to call on?

I spent a couple months in Orlando back in 2022 for while working with Main Street Renewal.

City proper has been on 5 year bear market completely unrelated to anything political, the suburbs have been adding inventory since the summer but are still very low but any measure and have actually gotten tighter the last few month, while I am open to the idea these cuts could eventually have some effect on the market, about 20% of the dc area is federal employees, let’s say the federal government cut the work force 25% which would be huge, that’s 5% of the population, but a good number of those people are either two income households where one person works in the private and/or the person being laid can go get a similar job in the provide sector l, the percentage of households who would be forced to sell thier house over this is likely in very low single digits.

The fees and overall costs of these loans needs to be a key factor including what if the project goes over time . . . . you can be underwater in no time.Underestimating repair costs and overestimating ARVs based on Zestimates are the next stumbling block.There's money to be made but make sure numbers all work WITH contingencies defined and overages expected . . . remember, a project will always cost more and take longer than initially thought!