If the numbers work with $1000/month I would be awfully nervous about risking that in pursuit of a few bucks. 

While you wait for local connections, below are some links to review.To be more successful, you simply have to work on the other elements to progress your REI pursuit.

Completely agree with those points, for me my partnerships are all about penetrating markets (language or otherwise), learning and benefitting from others' skills, not re-inventing the wheel in a less efficient and more consuming way, and being able to free myself (regularly or temporarily) for "higher" pursuits more directly tied to my skillset or needs (in my case, managing clients, getting new ones, creating new partnerships, and of course private pursuits).

Financial freedom and having full control of my time to spend time with my family, work on volunteer pursuits, and anything I want. 

We have become RE agents to help us find deals and love to help RE investors in their pursuit.  

Would be glad to hear more about what you are up to and see if there might be a way to continue to future each others pursuits. 

Those OOS advocates were in pursuit of cash flow and under estimated the return that would be achieved via market and rent appreciation in coastal Cal. 

To be more successful, you simply have to work on the other elements to progress your REI pursuit.

@Ruth Bayang  yes licensed assistant to a top producer is one of the best ways to learn the industry.. you get leads handed to you.. you do deals based on the top producers creds... one can look for brokers that are doing more commercial work if that is what interest the new comer.wholesaling is a very regional pursuit.. its a much bigger opp in the areas were there are more homes than people.. ergo more distressed or junker homes that traditional realtors don't want to fool with.but on the west coast its a pretty tough row to hoe  and for most a complete waste of time and energy. far better to make money in a JOB and then invest.I see these folks post all the time HEY i want to wholesale to earn cash to then buy and hold.. so going into it they really don't want this as a career its a stop gap.. and a tough one.. whereas getting into real estate as a licensed agent either commerical or resi or what have you if you make it its a lifelong career that opens so many doors for you.. far more than sitting at home pumping out letters  LOL

Most companies have at least one upcharge, but often many more, for multi-family properties and you'll want to know how much to allocate for insurance before you purchase, and the standard real estate calculators won't give you an accurate number for a 4-plex.You cannot underestimate how strategic it is to work with a skilled agent and lender in this pursuit!