However, I wouldn't place too much emphasis on your linkedin in general and rather use it for its best use which is finding and reaching out to people you would like to connect with.

I have a college degree and I have not done real estate yet and I got a business degree that had real estate emphasis.  

Perform SUBSTANTIAL (emphasis mine) duties other than selling securities.  

cool story, it's amazing how many different methods of money making strategies exist out there in real estate world.My strategy and emphasis is strictly only on multi family homes... 

Reading this thread makes me realize - perhaps obvious to some - that a successful wholesaler is essentially an unlicensed and therefore unrestricted RE agent, who is therefore allowed to be more creative but has to be more shrewd and most often more knowledgeable.By appealing to people's desire to not deal with RE agents, they are essentially still dealing with one - you, but a free agent.How many of you place a hight emphasis on working closely with a RE attorney?

Twin Cities market is only going to work for rehabbers, with an emphasis on those capable of doing big scale renos and redevelopment, and equity investing.

@Todd Rasmussen and @Mark S, conventional wisdom suggests that people use a Quitclaim deed to transfer property to their own LLC, based on a perception (emphasis on 'perception') that the lender won't notice or care about the transfer when using a QC deed.  

Monthly agent fees are low and you keep almost all your commissions but these firms have somewhat less emphasis on retail brokerage and don't require that you generate commissions.

However, I place more emphasis on finding the best deals in the haystack, learning how to negotiate those and then continually practice my marketing skills to attract the buyers with the deal.So, in short, my personal opinion is that the buyers will come to the deals.

The general loan value threshold is 2 million and up so buying at 2,500,000 is a minimum with 500k down to get the non-bank loans in many areas.They generally look for a net worth close to the loan balance after down payment but put more emphasis on your liquidity when you apply for the loan.