I can definitely understand why a seller might not share an abundance of detail with a broker, especially one that they don't already have a history with. 

But that's not the way to do it... in my (not so) humble opinion.All I see them do is telling others to go drive for dollars and to use bandit signs.Let me make this ABUNDANTLY clear to everyone.Wholesaling is getting a property under contract and then selling/assigning that contract to a back-end buyer.THAT is wholesaling.

There are a lot of wholesalers here due to low acquisition prices and relatively abundant inventory(not so much lately) but most of these guys have no idea what are they buying either.

I also have my father, and about 75k I can put fingers on whenever needed.Thank you for the time you took to read this and I hope this year hands you an abundance on blessings.

Keep the abundance mindset and dive in.Another option is to find an investor your admire in your market, and offer some sort of value-add to their business and/or life.

However, due to a job loss and my wife on extended maternity leave - we are less than attractive investors looking to buy.My question is, given this newly found abundance of time on my hands (with less than optimal finances available at the moment to invest), what would experienced RE investors recommend as a great avenue to get my feet wet and prepped for when I can buy and rehab my own properties while also helping build that nest egg to start?

Getting the accountant experience on your resume will make it easier as a contingency plan to fall back on with a quality salary if something ever happens in your future.If you're still wanting to gain real estate experience, I would definitely leverage the abundance of information here and potentially look at getting a real estate license to just gain more experience about markets and the process of real estate when you're not needing for it to make a meaningful amount of money right off the bat.

Yes, I would say that you need to go into that deal with an extreme abundance of caution and look at all the numbers twice and three times and have everyone else look at it.

Just sticking my head out to say hello and wish you an abundance of investment success.  

If des moines is anything like vegas we have an abundance or very well qualified applicants beating down the doors.