Most places have online property search tools that will give you the owner's name and mailing address for free.

From my basic understanding it would make sense to change it to a rental and then do the remodel so I can claim depreciation on my cost, is this correct or not? 

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Yes, wholesaling is tough to break into and to do it correctly is to have a good foundation of knowledge on the subject. 

But, he has no ability to take any corrective action he feels is necessary or beneficial.  

I'd recommend looking in our market. it's not as frequent as Akron. find a good agent in the market using the agent tool and I'm sure you'll be doing fine! 

Correct.

Also---you need to make sure whoever did the rehab did it correctly (no point in paying a premium price is the work isn't done correctly)...lastly if you pay for a turnkey property...how do you know the tenant is paying a market rent and is a good tenant (credit score wise, payment history wise) etc?

So yes, correct, the borrower is the USER not the owner, the bank/lender is the "owner" right.

You are planning on buying cash flowing properties correct?